Struggling for recognition : the psychological impetus for democratic change / by Doron Shultziner.

Struggling for Recognition posits that the drive for personal recognition is a prime motivation behind the pursuit of democracy. The book presents an alternative to the theories of social and political changes that fail to test the causal assumption they make about human psychology. The theory prese...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Shultziner, Doron, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Continuum, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 THEORIES OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS AND CONCEPTIONS OF HUMAN NATURE; CHAPTER 2 HUMAN NATURE AND THE PURSUIT OF RECOGNITION; CHAPTER 3 FROM PREHISTORY TO THE END OF HISTORY: DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE; CHAPTER 4 RECOGNITION AND HUMILIATION: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION IN THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT; CHAPTER 5 KEEPING MOMENTUM: LEADERSHIP, PSYCHOLOGY, AND TACTICS; CHAPTER 6 PREVENTION OF STATUS AND POLICE BRUTALITY: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION AGAINST APARTHEID.