Sociopsychological theorizing and research on collective action (eg, social protests) has
mushroomed over the last decade, studying a wide variety of groups, contexts, and cultures …

Social and ecological crises require people to act together, for instance, against climate
change or social injustice. Psychological scholarship suggests that human agency, in terms …

Collective action against collective disadvantage is a theoretically and socially relevant
phenomenon that has received increased scientific attention in recent years. Because recent …

Introduction to Political Psychology explores the many psychological patterns that influence
individual political behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories …

When rational actors believe that their group can achieve its goals through collective action
(ie, when they have strong group efficacy beliefs), they should not participate in it because …

What is the relationship between economic crises and protest behaviour? Does the
experience of austerity, or economic hardship more broadly defined, create a greater …

This chapter is devoted to the mechanisms of engagement and disengagement in collective
action as they are currently conceived in social and political psychology. Dynamics of …

The political psychology of political action provides the potential for building bridges
between scholars from different fields. The main aim of this article is to set some baby steps …

Access to needed resources–material, human, social‐organizational, cultural and moral–
remains a crucial link between sentiments for change and the capacity of social movements …

The global rise in social protest movements has forced collective action scholars in various
disciplines to think about theoretical models that can comprehensively explain phenomena …