Bou Zeineddine, Fouad ORCID: 0000-0002-5386-0579 and Vollhardt, Johanna (eds.) (2024) Resistance to Repression and Violence: Global Psychological Perspectives. Oxford Scholarship Online . Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0197687673; 978-0197687703

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Abstract

Democratic backsliding, increased great power competition, hate speech and violence, mass atrocities and genocides, civil wars, revolution and counter-revolution, reactionary movements against women’s and minority rights, advancements in surveillance, censorship, policing technologies, war—the 21st century has become increasingly repressive and dangerous for political participation across the globe. At the same time, there has been increased protest and a proliferation of resistance movements. This seeming paradox has raised many questions among publics, academics, and policy makers, including: What motivates people to resist at the risk of their lives and livelihoods? What actions do people choose in order to resist and why, and when do resistance strategies change? What causes people to come together or fall out over whether and how to resist? When and why does resistance under repressive conditions escalate or fade away? This edited volume presents our current state of knowledge as well as new research and

Item Type:	Edited Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	repression, resistance, collective action, social movement, violence, psychology, contextualized, authoritarianism, oppression
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	03 Oct 2024 09:55
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48239

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