International support for the Arab uprisings: Understanding sympathetic collective action using theories of social dominance and social identity

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-26

  Stewart, Andrew L ^a   Pratto, Felicia ^a   Bou Zeineddine, Fouad ^a   Sweetman, Joseph ^b   Eicher, Véronique ^c   Licata, Laurent ^d   Morselli, Davide ^c   Saab, Rim ^e   Aiello, Antonio ^f   Chryssochoou, Xenia ^g   Cichocka, Aleksandra ^h   Cidam, Atilla ^a   Foels, Rob ^a   Giguère, Benjamin ⁱ   Liu, Li ^j   Prati, Francesca ^k   van Stekelenburg, Jacquelien ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^j BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

collective action; identity; ideology; social change; social dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950273270     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430214558310     Document Type: Article

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