Report
How Social Trust Shapes Civil Resistance: Lessons from Africa
International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
07/01/2021
Abstract
This monograph represents an attempt to fold the study of political psychology into mainstream civil resistance scholarship . In doing so, it focuses primarily on the role that dif- ferent forms of social trust might play in shaping civil resistance in Africa . Research on civil resistance will benefit greatly from increased interest in the notion of social trust . At the level of the individual activist, studying trust can tell activists and scholars alike about the micro- level dynamics that shape when individuals decide to engage, how they decide to engage, and more . And studies of trust at the group level could reveal important information about the development of cultures of trust that moderate group behavior and shape possibilities for collaboration with other organizations in the midst of a country-wide campaign .
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- Title
- How Social Trust Shapes Civil Resistance: Lessons from Africa
- Creators
- Jacob Scott Lewis - Washington State University, Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, School of
- Academic Unit
- Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, School of
- Publisher
- International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
- Identifiers
- 99900620764301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report