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I'll Take the High Road: Two Pathways to Altruistic Political Mobilization Against Regime Repression in Argentina
Author(s) -
Thalhammer Kristina E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/0162-895x.00251
Subject(s) - mobilization , politics , psychological repression , state (computer science) , political repression , political science , political activism , political mobilization , social psychology , political economy , gender studies , sociology , psychology , law , gene , biochemistry , gene expression , chemistry , algorithm , computer science
What led Argentine human rights activists to risk challenging state repression in the late 1970s? Chi‐square analyses of 78 interviews with early activists and nonactivists suggested few commonalities among activists but revealed two distinct and inverse routes to high‐risk other‐centered political activism. Activists directly affected by regime violence tended to be relatively inexperienced politically, to have little experience with fear, and to see groups as comprising individuals rather than as monolithic wholes. An inverse pattern characterized activists not directly affected by regime violence: Their activism was preceded by experience in politics and survival of previous fear‐evoking episodes.