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When Does Hope Drive Social Change? Empirical Insights and Their Policy Implications

open access: yesSocial Issues and Policy Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2026.
ABSTRACT When and how does people's hope for change drive social transformation? This question has gained urgency amidst the profound sociopolitical crises of the 21st century, including escalating intergroup conflicts, accelerating environmental degradation, and mounting threats to democracy.
Oded Adomi Leshem, Eran Halperin
wiley   +1 more source

Enacting desired change in the present: Explaining prefigurative collective action during Chile's 2019 social explosion

open access: yesBritish Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 4, October 2026.
Abstract Many contemporary movements confront existing power structures while experimenting with alternative social relations—a dynamic often discussed as prefigurative politics. Yet social psychology has prioritized explaining why people participate over examining what unfolds through collective action.
David Clarke, John Drury
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Flexibility in the Formation and Maintenance of Extreme Beliefs: A Narrative Scoping Review

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Psychology, Volume 67, Issue 5, Page 1298-1309, October 2026.
ABSTRACT There is growing interest in the role of cognitive flexibility in the development of politically motivated violence and a willingness to self‐sacrifice. However, the construct of flexibility has been applied in multiple ways across disciplines, resulting in conceptual ambiguity and methodological challenges.
Sebastian Deverson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

China Knows My True Face: Self‐Presentation of International Gay Men on Dating Apps in Transnational Context

open access: yesSociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Location‐based dating apps facilitate casual encounters, dating, and networking. In this study, we explored how international gay men presented themselves on dating apps in Shanghai, China. The overarching theme that emerged from semi‐structured interviews (N = 19) was navigating self‐presentation on dating apps in a new cultural context ...
Lazar Dragić, Anna Maria Wen
wiley   +1 more source

VOICES AGAINST EXTREMISM: A CASE STUDY OF A COMMUNITY-BASED CVE COUNTER-NARRATIVE CAMPAIGN

open access: yesJournal for Deradicalization, 2017
This article presents a case study of the recently conceived and ongoing counter-extremism campaign, Voices Against Extremism, a campaign designed and implemented by university students from Vancouver, Canada.
Logan Macnair, Richard Frank
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