TY - JOUR
T1 - Acting collectively to confront injustice
T2 - the mediating role of the legitimacy of authorities (Actuar colectivamente frente a la injusticia: el rol mediador de la legitimidad de las autoridades)
AU - Moya, Cristóbal
AU - Castillo Larrain, Alejandro Jose
AU - Orchard, Macarena
AU - Puga, Ismael
A2 - Gerber, Mónica
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the ANID/FONDAP [15130009]; ANID/FONDECYT [1171072] / Este trabajo se realizó con el apoyo de ANID/FONDAP [15130009]; ANID/FONDECYT [1171072].
Funding Information:
This research was carried out with support from the ANID/FONDECYT/1171072 project and the ANID/FONDAP/15130009 project. This work was also financially and intellectually supported by Zeppelin University. / Esta investigación fue realizada en el marco del proyecto ANID/FONDECYT/1171072 y con apoyo del proyecto ANID/FONDAP/15130009. Este trabajo fue también financiera e intelectualmente apoyado por Zeppelin University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Fundacion Infancia y Aprendizaje.
PY - 2021/3/15
Y1 - 2021/3/15
N2 - Why do people participate in different forms of collective action? This article analyses the impact that perceptions of injustice in the way authorities treat citizens and the legitimacy of authorities have on attitudes towards normative, e.g., voting in a plebiscite or peacefully protesting, and non-normative, e.g., violent protests or barricades, collective action. We propose a dialogue between the social psychology of social movements and theories of social justice and legitimacy to consider the joint effect of perceived injustices and legitimacy on collective action. We analysed data from a representative sample of the Chilean population (n = 1,805). Through an analysis of structural equations we found that perceived injustice is related to lower beliefs in the legitimacy of authorities, and that this leads to a greater justification for non-normative collective action and lower justification for normative collective action. Results were analysed within the current context of radicalization of social mobilizations throughout the world and in Chile.
AB - Why do people participate in different forms of collective action? This article analyses the impact that perceptions of injustice in the way authorities treat citizens and the legitimacy of authorities have on attitudes towards normative, e.g., voting in a plebiscite or peacefully protesting, and non-normative, e.g., violent protests or barricades, collective action. We propose a dialogue between the social psychology of social movements and theories of social justice and legitimacy to consider the joint effect of perceived injustices and legitimacy on collective action. We analysed data from a representative sample of the Chilean population (n = 1,805). Through an analysis of structural equations we found that perceived injustice is related to lower beliefs in the legitimacy of authorities, and that this leads to a greater justification for non-normative collective action and lower justification for normative collective action. Results were analysed within the current context of radicalization of social mobilizations throughout the world and in Chile.
KW - Chile
KW - collective action
KW - legitimacy
KW - social justice
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/a1fcb2a0-7d61-36d9-85ca-c323df9b43be/
U2 - 10.1080/02109395.2020.1857582
DO - 10.1080/02109395.2020.1857582
M3 - Article
SN - 1579-3699
VL - 42
SP - 76
EP - 103
JO - Studies in Psychology
JF - Studies in Psychology
IS - 1
ER -