The Dissenter's Dilemma, and a Social Identity Solution

Rebels in Groups: Dissent, Deviance, Difference and Defiance

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 281-301

  Packer, Dominic J ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Few men are wise enough helpful censure to treacherous praise'; Dissent, important to healthy functioning of social groups; Dissent, whether a social good a behaviour beneficial to collectives; Dissenter's dilemma factors motivating someone to express nonconformist and potentially unpopular opinions; Dissenter's dilemma, and a social identity solution; Dominant responses, in three of model's four quadrants relatively uncontroversial; Groups, more open to change that things are not going well; Mechanics, shift from personal to collective identity by self categorisation theory; Normative conflict model responses to group norms, predicted by normative conflict model; Social identity solution gap left by rational choice perspectives on collective behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655161554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444390841.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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