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Are we all in this together? Co-victimization, inclusive social identity and collective action in solidarity with the disadvantaged.
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Psychology; Dec2011, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p707-725, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Common experience of injustice can be a potent motivator of collective action and efforts to achieve social change - and of such efforts becoming more widespread. In this research, we propose that the effects of co-victimization on collective action are a function of inclusive social identity. Experiment 1 ( N= 61) demonstrated that while presence (compared to absence) of co-victimization positively predicted consumer (i.e., participants) willingness to act collectively in solidarity with sweatshop workers, this effect was mediated by inclusive social identity. In Experiment 2 ( N= 120), the salience of inclusive social identity was experimentally manipulated and interacted with co-victimization to predict collective action. When inclusive social identity was salient, co-victimization enhanced collective action, including willingness to pay extra for products made ethically and in support of fair wages for workers. In contrast, collective action was attenuated when co-victimization took place in the absence of inclusive social identity. Implications for understanding when co-victimization is transformed into common fate and political solidarity with the disadvantaged are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01446665
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 67480360
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02073.x