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Author Passy, Florence, author.

Title Contentious minds : how talk and ties sustain activism / Florence Passy and Gian-Andrea Monsch.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In 'Contentious Minds', Florence Passy and Gian-Andrea Monsch explain how cognitive and relational processes allow activists participate in and sustain their commitment to activism. Based on a wide array of survey and interview data with activists engaged in protest, volunteering and unions, they highlight how a commitment community develop shared values, identities, and meanings through interaction.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 07, 2020).
Contents 1. Contentious Minds in Action -- 2. A Cognitive-Relational Process -- 3. Synchronized Minds -- 4. Common Good and Intentionality -- 5. Politics and Intentionality -- 6. Networks as "Islands of Meanings" -- 7. Culture in Mind -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
Subject Political activists -- Psychology.
Social movements -- Psychological aspects.
Political activists -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01069197
Social movements -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01122668
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Monsch, Gian-Andrea, author.
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