Home is Where Activism Thrives: Community Setting and Persistent Protest Participation
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
ISBN: 978-1-78560-359-4, eISBN: 978-1-78560-358-7
Publication date: 1 September 2015
Abstract
Despite the abundant research on social movements, there is sparse scholarly investigation of the link between community settings and how they contribute to persistent protest participation. This paper illuminates the cultural and social mechanisms within a religious retirement community that engender members’ sustained commitment to a ten-year long peace protest. A shared religious-based collective identity also deepens activists’ commitment to this cause. This study draws on semi-structured interviews with 14 peace protesters who reside in this community at two points in time: 2010 and 2013.
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Acknowledgment
I want to thank Steve Boutcher, Catherine Corrigall-Brown, Gretchen Peterson, Molly Talcott, the anonymous reviewers, and RSMCC editor, Patrick Coy, for providing valuable feedback on this paper.
Citation
Oselin, S.S. (2015), "Home is Where Activism Thrives: Community Setting and Persistent Protest Participation", Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Vol. 38), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 171-202. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-786X20150000038006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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