Struggling for recognition : the psychological impetus for democratic change / by Doron Shultziner.

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Shultziner, Doron, 1975-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Continuum, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781441112415
1441112413
1501301691
9781501301698
9786613004338
6613004332
9781441176943
1441176942

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Struggling for recognition.DDC classification:

321.8 22

LOC classification:

JC423 .S535 2010eb

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Contents:

List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 THEORIES OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS AND CONCEPTIONS OF HUMAN NATURE; CHAPTER 2 HUMAN NATURE AND THE PURSUIT OF RECOGNITION; CHAPTER 3 FROM PREHISTORY TO THE END OF HISTORY: DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE; CHAPTER 4 RECOGNITION AND HUMILIATION: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION IN THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT; CHAPTER 5 KEEPING MOMENTUM: LEADERSHIP, PSYCHOLOGY, AND TACTICS; CHAPTER 6 PREVENTION OF STATUS AND POLICE BRUTALITY: THE ORIGINS OF MASS MOBILIZATION AGAINST APARTHEID.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.