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Author(s): Doron Shultziner
ISBN(s): 9781441195173, 1441195173
Edition: 1
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Year: 2010
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1441195173 
ISBN 13: 9781441195173
Author: Doron Shultziner

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.

Struggling for Recognition The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress 1st Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1: THEORIES OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS AND CONCEPTIONS OF HUMAN NATURE

  • Democratic Progress and Bottom-Up Pressures

  • Modernization Theory

  • Multivariate Theories and Models

  • Structuralism

  • Top-Down Theories

  • The Third Wave

  • Economic Factors, Rational Choice, and Game-Theoretic Models

  • The Behaviorist Conception of Human Nature in the Standard Approach to Democratic Progress

  • Conclusions

CHAPTER 2: HUMAN NATURE AND THE PURSUIT OF RECOGNITION

  • Recognition in the History of Political Philosophy

  • Interdisciplinary Explanations for the Pursuit of Recognition

  • Universal Heritable Dispositions and Behavior in Political Science

  • Pursuit of Recognition: An Evolutionary-Psychological Perspective

  • Pursuit of Recognition: A Biological-Anthropological Perspective

  • The Pursuit of Recognition: A Social-Psychological Perspective

  • The Universality of the Pursuit of Positive Self-Esteem

  • Social Psychology and Genetic Factors of Self-Esteem

  • The Pursuit of Positive Self-Esteem as a Basic Human Need

  • Evidence of Obedience to Authority?

  • Conclusions

CHAPTER 3: FROM PREHISTORY TO THE END OF HISTORY: DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE

  • The Climate Conditions of the Last Glacial

  • Political Egalitarianism among Nomadic Foragers

  • Evolutionary Bases of Political Egalitarianism

  • Fossil Records, Evolution of Hominids, and Political Egalitarianism

  • Archaeology and Political Egalitarianism

  • Political Egalitarianism and the Transition to Political Hierarchy

  • Wealth and Social Organization

  • Population Size and Social Organization

  • The Reemergence of Political Egalitarianism

  • The Emergence of Democracy in Macro Time-Scales

  • Egalitarianism was Always Around

  • Conclusions

CHAPTER 4: RECOGNITION AND HUMILIATION: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION IN THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT

  • Puzzles of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Precursors to the Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Why Montgomery, Alabama?

  • Why December 1955?

  • The Situation on the Buses 1953–1955

  • Bus Policies and the Decline of White Passengers

  • Labor Consciousness and the Frustrations of Bus Drivers

  • The Impact of Brown v. Board of Education

  • Montgomery’s “Unlikely Generation” and the Results of Humiliation

CHAPTER 5: KEEPING MOMENTUM: LEADERSHIP, PSYCHOLOGY, AND TACTICS

  • Leadership Motivation, Social Comparisons, and Relative Deprivation

  • December 5, 1955: A Transformative Day

  • Riding on Recognition: Effective Leadership and Psychological Factors

  • Strategic, Tactical, and Psychological Factors

  • Conclusions

CHAPTER 6: PREVENTION OF STATUS AND POLICE BRUTALITY: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION AGAINST APARTHEID

  • The Black Consciousness Movement: Self-Esteem and Self-Respect

  • The Materialistic Account of Anger Build-Up in 1976

  • The 1976-Generation World

  • The Introduction of Afrikaans as a Prevention of Social Status

  • Why Soweto and not Port Elizabeth?

  • Police Brutality and the Transformative Phase of June 16, 1976

  • Conclusions

CHAPTER 7: MAINTAINING COMMITMENT: LEADERSHIP, CULTURAL CHANGE, AND MUSIC

  • Leadership Motivation

  • Intergenerational Gap and Cultural Change

  • Music and Struggle

  • Conclusions

CHAPTER 8: RECOGNITION STRIVING AND DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

  • The Internal Sources of Political Contention

  • Pursuit of Social Status and the Formation of Group-Identity

  • Aversion to being Dominated and Emotional Energies

  • Mechanisms of Self-Esteem

  • The External Sources of Political Contention

  • Injustice-Frames and Resistance Motivation

  • Psychological Factors and Causal Mechanisms

  • Pressure on Ruling Elites: Public Opinion and the Threat of Political Upheaval

  • Direct Action, Resistance Activity, Social Movements, and Resistance Skills and Tactics

  • Facilitative Factors

CHAPTER 9: THE COMPLEXITY OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS AND LEVELS OF ANALYSIS

  • Elements of Complexity in Democratic Progress

  • Internal Causes and Personal Experiences

  • Stages of Democratic Progress and their Levels of Analysis

  • The Human Agency Element

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