Call for Papers
Special Section of the British Journal of Social Psychology on
“Innovation in Theory and Research on Collective Action and
Social Change”
Guest Editors:
Martijn van Zomeren, University of Groningen
Bert Klandermans, VU University Amsterdam
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This Special Section of the British Journal of Social Psychology
seeks to bring together exciting and new research on collective
action and social change that represents significant steps
towards innovation. The leading questions in this literature are
which social-psychological factors motivate individuals to engage
in collective action to achieve social change (e.g., petitions,
demonstrations, boycotts), and which social-psychological
processes can explain these effects.
We specifically seek contributions that incorporate new insights
from psychological theory and research (e.g., cognitive factors
such as regulatory focus and self-regulation; emotional factors
such as the motivational effects of different group-based
emotions on collective action, and the communicative functions of
such emotions in the context of social change), and from
sociological theory and research (e.g., the impact of contextual
variation on collective action participation such as variation in
resource and opportunities, network size, and the use of new
media/technology to instigate collective action and social
change).
Indeed, whereas the social-psychological literature has recently
moved through a phase of integration (e.g., Van Zomeren, Postmes
& Spears, 2008), it is clear that there is a growing need to
theorize and study novel psychological variables and processes to
better explain the occurrence or absence of collective action and
social change. Although much is known about factors such as
social identity and the experience of group-based injustice and
group efficacy, we welcome contributions that theorize and
document the influence of other important factors (as well as
their relationship with these classic factors).
At the same time, it is clear that the social psychology of
collective action and social change offers important
psychological mechanisms that may (or may not) be able to explain
the influence of sociological factors (Klandermans, 1997; Van
Stekelenburg & Klandermans, 2007). Therefore, we welcome
contributions that explicitly link sociological theory and
research on collective action and social change with
social-psychological process variables to test their
complementary value.
Submissions should be made electronically through the BJSP online
submission website:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/bjsp/mainpage.html.
In the submission letter, please indicate that the manuscript is
submitted for consideration for publication in this Special
Section. Please direct inquiries to the guest editors: Martijn
van Zomeren (m.van.zomeren@rug.nl), or Bert Klandermans
(PG.Klandermans@fsw.vu.nl).
The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2010.
References:
-- Klandermans , B. (1997). The social psychology of protest.
Oxford: Basic Blackwell.
-- Van Stekelenburg, J. & Klandermans, B. (2007). Individuals in
movements: A social psychology of contention. In Bert Klandermans
and Conny Roggeband (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Movements
across Disciplines (pp. 157-204).
-- Van Zomeren, M., Postmes, T., & Spears, R. (2008). Toward an
integrative Social Identity Model of Collective Action: A
quantitative research synthesis of three socio-psychological
perspectives. Psychological Bulletin, 134, 504-535.
