Generating constructive disruption:how disadvantaged groups can negotiate social change in the face of resistance from the advantaged

Much social psychological work sought to understand the psychological motivations that drive members of disadvantaged groups to engage in collective action. As a result, the questions of when and how collective action might lead to social change has remained largely unaddressed in the social psychological literature. Therefore, we ask when and how collective action by the disadvantaged can affect the advantaged such that it may spur social change. The core aim of the thesis was to develop and empirically examine the notion of constructive disruption: The idea that in order to motivate concessions from the advantaged, collective action needs to both generate a sense of social disruption and also communicate constructive intentions. As this research progressed, we also developed a goal of better understanding those resistant advantaged group members who were the main target audience of this research. We conclude that generating constructive disruption may be an effective strategy for disadvantaged groups to negotiate social change in the face of resistance from the advantaged group. Namely, constructive disruption indicates that in order to be effective winning support for their policy goals the disadvantaged are best served by nonviolent nonnormative action. Second, we delved more deeply into the psychological nature of resistance to social change among the advantaged group by developing a model and measure of advantaged identity management. Taken together, this research has implications for the study of the effectiveness of collective action, social change processes, and advantaged identity

Potentially Hazardous Merchandise: Domestic and International Mechanisms for Consumer Protection

Health disorders engendered by hazardous, exported foods, pesticides, drugs, and other products recently have attracted worldwide attention. The exportation of products which have been banned or highly restricted in their country of origin or which become hazardous in the environment of the importing nation is a popular issue for opponents of a perceived monolithic transnational industrial complex, as well as for critics of certain United States corporations. A more widely shared opinion is that the United States has a moral obligation to limit foreseeable harm from the export of potentially hazardous merchandise or at least to supply product hazard information. Critics suggest that the United States has abandoned this obligation by resurrecting the doctrine of caveat emptor for exclusive application to foreign consumers. The effect of this adverse publicity upon this nation\u27s foreign relations, upon the confidence of foreign buyers in United States goods and companies, and upon the United States balance of trade has not gone unnoticed... This Note will examine the domestic and international efforts to predict and mitigate the adverse effects of potentially hazardous merchandise. A comparison will be made between a strict regulatory reaction and the less restrictive approaches aimed at developing access to product information

Jacque Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (February 3-5, 10-12, 1977)

Program for Jacque Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (February 3-5, 10-12, 1977)

Views of sexual assault following #MeToo: The role of gender and individual differences

One way social movements can achieve change is through impacting public opinion, yet research testing effects of real-world collective action is scarce. In this research, we investigated both short and long-term impact of #MeToo, a global social media movement. We tracked changes in dismissal of sexual assault with self-report surveys among US participants recruited online across four waves of measurement (initial N approximate to 500): twice before #MeToo movement, at the peak of the #MeToo, and six-months later. We investigated whose attitudes will be most or least affected by the movement by considering individual differences pertaining to gender, gender and feminist identification, and social dominance orientation (SDO). Overall, dismissal of sexual assault reduced following #MeToo among both men and women, and this change persisted six-months later. This effect was moderated by SDO such that low-SDO men and high-SDO women showed the most reduction in dismissal of sexual assault. We did not find a backlash effect as would be suggested by prior work, or by vocal criticism of #MeToo. Potential explanation for SDO's unique influence and implication for social change efforts are discussed

Concert recording 2015-04-24

[Track 01]. Adagio et rondo / Etienne Ozi ; arranged by John C. Worley -- [Track 02]. With tranquility from Sonata op. 19 / Paul Creston -- [Track 03]. Five lyric pieces. Allegro scherzando ; [Track 04]. Erotic ; [Track 05]. French serenade ; [Track 06]. Notturno ; [Track 07]. Scherzo-impromptu / Edvard Grieg ; arranged by Lee Patrick -- [Track 08]. Partita. Prelude - allemande ; [Track 09]. Canzone ; [Track 10]. Courante ; [Track 11]. Pavane ; [Track 12]. Gigue / Erwin Dressel -- [Track 13]. Sonata IV. Adagio ; [Track 14]. Allemanda ; [Track 15]. Corrente ; [Track 16]. Moderato / Johann Ernst Galliard ; arranged by Sigurd Rascher -- [Track 17]. Dialogue for two saxophones. With freedom ; [Track 18]. Playfully / Fisher Tull

Protected by the Emotions of the Group:Perceived Emotional Fit and Disadvantaged Group Members’ Activist Burnout

Psychological processes that hamper activism, such as activist burnout, threaten social change. We suggest that perceived emotional fit (i.e., perceiving to experience similar emotions as other disadvantaged group members) may buffer activist burnout by mitigating the deleterious effects of stressors that are associated with partaking in collective action. We investigated the relation between perceived emotional fit and activist burnout using three-wave longitudinal survey data of Palestinians in the context of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict. We hypothesized that both higher general tendencies to fit emotionally with the ingroup (general perceived emotional fit) and increases over time in perceived emotional fit (change perceived emotional fit) would relate negatively to activist burnout. Supporting our hypotheses, both aspects of emotional fit were associated with lower activist burnout, even when controlling for classical predictors of collective action. This research highlights perceived emotional fit as an additional dimension to the role of emotions for sustainable collective action.</p

Protest movements involving limited violence can sometimes be effective:Evidence from the 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests

SignificanceThe effects of recent protests for racial equality, particularly when they included violence, are currently of public and academic interest. To better understand these effects, we combine a dataset of all 2020 BlackLivesMatter protests with survey data containing measures of prejudice and support for police reform. Protests were not associated with reductions in prejudice, but were associated with increases in support for police reform. Specifically, a mix of nonviolent and violent protests was associated with an increase in police-reform support among conservatives living in liberal areas. This study highlights the importance of considering multiple measures of protest effectiveness and suggests that mass protest (including when it mixes nonviolence and violence) can be effective at advancing the movement's goals

Does crossing a moral line justify collective means? Explaining how a perceived moral violation triggers normative and nonnormative forms of collective action

In three studies conducted in the United States, we examined whether a perceived moral violation motivates willingness to engage in normative and more radical collective action. Using value-protection and identity-formation models, we explored whether increased endorsement of moral convictions and relevant opinion-based group identification could explain such effects. Study 1, using the “travel ban” for Muslims as the focal issue, experimentally found that a strong violation, compared to a weak violation, increased normative and nonnormative collective action, moral convictions and opinion-based group identification. Study 2 replicated these results in a longitudinal design and supported a mediating effect of increased endorsement of moral convictions and opinion-based group identity. Study 3 used a real-world violation (the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreements) to replicate the findings cross-sectionally. We conclude that a perceived moral violation motivates normative and nonnormative collective action because the violation makes one's moral conviction and opinion-based group identification more salient

Advancing support for intergroup equality via a self-affirmation campaign

Members of historically advantaged groups are often unwilling to support actions or policies aimed at reducing inequality between advantaged and disadvantaged groups, even if they generally support the principle of equality. Based on past research, we suggest a self-affirmation intervention (an intervention in which people reflect on a positive trait or value in order to affirm their positive self-image) may be effective for increasing the willingness of advantaged group members to address inequality. Importantly, while self-affirmation has been only operationalized as a written exercise in the past, in this project, we adapt it into video messages for use in public campaigns. In Study 1, we experimentally tested an initial video adaptation of self-affirmation and found that it was effective in increasing the willingness of advantaged group members to address inequality in the context of Jewish–Arab relations in Israel. Based on this study, two NGOs developed a real campaign video and used it in their public campaign, and we tested this applied intervention (in Study 2) and found it to be effective compared to a control condition that only presented information about inequality. Together, these studies represent the first implementation of self-affirmation in real-world campaigns and indicate that it can be an effective way to increase support for action to address inequality.</p