Emancipative Values and Non-violent Protest: The Importance of `Ecological´ Effects
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In: British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 42, No. 2, 04.2012, p. 465-479.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Emancipative Values and Non-violent Protest
T2 - The Importance of `Ecological´ Effects
AU - Welzel, Christian
AU - Deutsch, Franziska
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - This article examines the impact of values on a key phenomenon of modern politics: non-violent protest. Previous studies have examined only the individual-level effects of values. Studying in addition the 'ecological' effects - how the social prevalence of values affects protest - generates new insights. Focusing on 'emancipative values', two ecological effects are shown: (1) the prevalence of emancipative values lifts people's protest above the level that their own emancipative values suggest (elevator effect); (2) the prevalence of these values enhances the impact of people's own emancipative values on protest (amplifier effect). We conclude that examining values in models of protest (and possibly of other activities), not only as individual attributes but also as ecological properties, gives 'culture' its full weight in explaining behaviour.
AB - This article examines the impact of values on a key phenomenon of modern politics: non-violent protest. Previous studies have examined only the individual-level effects of values. Studying in addition the 'ecological' effects - how the social prevalence of values affects protest - generates new insights. Focusing on 'emancipative values', two ecological effects are shown: (1) the prevalence of emancipative values lifts people's protest above the level that their own emancipative values suggest (elevator effect); (2) the prevalence of these values enhances the impact of people's own emancipative values on protest (amplifier effect). We conclude that examining values in models of protest (and possibly of other activities), not only as individual attributes but also as ecological properties, gives 'culture' its full weight in explaining behaviour.
KW - Politics
KW - Gender and Diversity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857806200&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0007123411000421
DO - 10.1017/S0007123411000421
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 42
SP - 465
EP - 479
JO - British Journal of Political Science
JF - British Journal of Political Science
SN - 0007-1234
IS - 2
ER -