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Grace and Power: Base Communities and Nonviolence in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
Reviewed Book: Barbé, Dominique. Grace and Power: Base Communities and Nonviolence in Brazil.
Snyder, C. Arnold
core   +1 more source

Frustration-affirmation? Thwarted goals motivate compliance with social norms for violence and nonviolence.

open access: yesJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2020
When thwarted goals increase endorsement of violence, it may not always reflect antisocial tendencies or some breakdown of self-regulation per se; such responses can also reflect an active process of self-regulation, whose purpose is to comply with the ...
N. Leander   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

‘Work locally but think globally’: The Alliance Against Women's Oppression and transnational multiracial grassroots activism in the 1980s

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the transnational history of the Alliance Against Women's Oppression (AAWO), a multiracial and Marxist US women's organisation founded in California in 1979. By focusing on the political connection between the AAWO, the so‐called ‘Third World’ and other international organisations such as the Women International ...
Bruno Walter Renato Toscano
wiley   +1 more source

Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
wiley   +1 more source

Nonviolence and civil disobedience

open access: yesDesafíos, 2012
This paper analyzes and describes the relationship between nonviolence and civil disobedience, stressing that both of them converge on the same ethical foundation and are an expression of the relationship between citizens and the political power.
Gilma Ballesteros - Peluffo
doaj  

Prophets With Enchantment: Framing Christian Climate Activism

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues for a re‐enchantment of studies of contemporary climate change activism. It focuses upon Christian climate activists in the UK and how they are reinterpreting their theological beliefs in ways that mobilise religious communities.
Gemma Edwards, Finlay Malcolm
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of Leadership Styles Within the Ogoni and Ijaw Movements in the Niger Delta

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2020
Much of the literature on the Niger Delta deals with the Ogoni and Ijaw groups together, as having common lived experiences within a shared geographical location.
Zainab Ladan Mai-Bornu
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Psychological Capital and Students' Choice of Interaction Positions and Self-affirmation Strategies

open access: yesРоссийский психологический журнал, 2023
Introduction. The relevance of the problem is caused by the importance of studying the role of various factors, in particular, psychological capital, in people's choice of interaction positions and self-affirmation strategies. The novelty of the research
Владимир Г. Маралов   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Defining and measuring homicide rates for birth cohorts: Methodological and theoretical challenges and solutions

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social scientists have long been interested in understanding how age, period, and cohort effects shape long‐term homicide trends. Yet fundamental measurement challenges remain pervasive in estimating age‐specific homicide rates for birth cohorts.
Jason Robey, Matt Vogel
wiley   +1 more source

Market orientation and national homicide rates

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence.
William Alex Pridemore, Meghan L. Rogers
wiley   +1 more source

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