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Struggling for Recognition - The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress (Hardcover, New)
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Struggling for Recognition - The Psychological Impetus for Democratic Progress (Hardcover, New)
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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 presented underscores a
fundamental aspect of human nature: the pursuit of recognition,
that is, the drive for positive self-esteem and status and the
aversion of negative self-esteem and subordination. This pursuit of
recognition becomes the impetus for action and is used to overcome
fear as well as rational costs and benefits calculations involved
in collective action. The book examines the mechanisms by which
this disposition is triggered and converted into political
pressures that eventually lead to democratic reforms. Struggling
for Recognition will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in
political science, including those researching social movements,
social change, democracy, and democratic transitions. A unique
multidisciplinary work, it will foster better understanding of key
political events such as democratic transitions.
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