Struggling for Recognition
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Struggling for Recognition

The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress

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Struggling for Recognition

The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress

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Struggling for Recognition posits that the drive for personal recognition is a prime motivation behind the pursuit of democracy. The book presents an alternative to the theories of social and political changes that fail to test the causal assumption they make about human psychology. The theory presented underscores a fundamental aspect of human nature: the pursuit of recognition, that is, the drive for positive self-esteem and status and the aversion of negative self-esteem and subordination. This pursuit of recognition becomes the impetus for action and is used to overcome fear as well as rational costs and benefits calculations involved in collective action. The book examines the mechanisms by which this disposition is triggered and converted into political pressures that eventually lead to democratic reforms. Struggling for Recognition will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in political science, including those researching social movements, social change, democracy, and democratic transitions. A unique multidisciplinary work, it will foster better understanding of key political events such as democratic transitions.

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Publisher
Continuum
Year
2010
ISBN
9781441112415
Edition
1
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. CHAPTER 1 THEORIES OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS AND CONCEPTIONS OF HUMAN NATURE
  6. CHAPTER 2 HUMAN NATURE AND THE PURSUIT OF RECOGNITION
  7. CHAPTER 3 FROM PREHISTORY TO THE END OF HISTORY: DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
  8. CHAPTER 4 RECOGNITION AND HUMILIATION: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION IN THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
  9. CHAPTER 5 KEEPING MOMENTUM: LEADERSHIP, PSYCHOLOGY, AND TACTICS
  10. CHAPTER 6 PREVENTION OF STATUS AND POLICE BRUTALITY: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION AGAINST APARTHEID
  11. CHAPTER 7 MAINTAINING COMMITMENT: LEADERSHIP, CULTURAL CHANGE, AND MUSIC
  12. CHAPTER 8 RECOGNITION STRIVING AND DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
  13. CHAPTER 9 THE COMPLEXITY OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS AND LEVELS OF ANALYSIS
  14. Appendix A: List of Archives for the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  15. Appendix B: List of Abbreviations, Interviews and Background Information about Former Antiapartheid Activists in the Port Elizabeth Municipal Area, South Africa
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index