Collective Action

Question 1

When considering intergroup contact and reconciliation…

Answer 1

• We need to think about social change
• How do we engage in activities that uplift minority groups?
• Collective action – behaviours that lead to an increase in social status (resources) for a minority group
  (EX: Canadian gasline issue)

Question 2

5 types of Collective Action (Hassler et. al)

Answer 2

1: Low cost collective action
2: High cost collective action
3: Support for empowering policies
4: Raising in-group awareness
5: Working in solidarity

Question 3

1: Low cost collective action (Collective Action)

Answer 3

signing an online/regular petition to support action against the unequal treatment of disadvantaged groups

Question 4

2: High cost collective action (Collective Action)

Answer 4

attending demonstrations, protests, or rallies against the unequal treatment of disadvantaged groups

Question 5

3: Support for empowering policies (Collective Action)

Answer 5

disadvantaged groups should obtain much more power in the decision-centres of our society

Question 6

4: Raising in-group awareness (Collective Action)

Answer 6

when I come into contact with in-group members, we talk about injustices in society regarding disadvantaged groups

Question 7

5: Working in solidarity (Collective Action)

Answer 7

how willing are you to unite with outgrips to work for justice for disadvantaged groups?

Question 8

MINORITY results from Hassler et. al:

Answer 8

“Coming into positive contact with a majority member decreased
willingness to raise awareness within ingroups about their disadvantaged status”
- Also less willingness to protest
- Now, not only does contact for minoritized individuals lead to weaker attitude effects, but it also stunts their movement towards collective action
- This is majorly due to how contact reduces prejudice (seeing people aren’t as bad as perceived
- However, positive contact was correlated positively with working in solidarity (compliance with the outgroup)

Question 9

Positive Intergroup Contact for Minority Groups…

Answer 9

SEDATES involvement in collective action

Question 10

Collective vs. Individual Action

Answer 10

• Collective action: behaviours that lead to an increase in social status (resources) for a minority group
• Individual action: behaviours that lead to an increase in status for a single member
• In part, increases perceptions of mobility

Question 11

Sedative Effects of Positive Contact:

Answer 11

• Improves intergroup attitudes
• Improves perceptions of fairness
• Leads to perceptions of permeable group boundaries
• ALL LEADS TO: a reduction in social change

Question 12

GROUP BOUNDARIES - Why does positive contact reduce social change?

Answer 12

• Positive contact can lead to an increase in the idea that group boundaries are permeable
• In the case you’re in a disadvantaged group, with this idea, you’re going to engage in individual action and further engage in social mobility - leaving the disadvantaged group to go towards the advantaged group
• If you have this chance of leaving one group, this leads to a reduction in collective action - why would I need to when I’ve now escaped this “trap”

Question 13

FAIRNESS - Why does positive contact reduce social change?

Answer 13

• Positive contact can increase intergroup attitudes for minority groups
• From this leads to a perception of more outgroup fairness; realizing that we’re more similar than we thought
• Seeing that things are fair after all leads to a lesser motivation for social change

Question 14

Relationship between
nature/type of contact and collective action:

Answer 14

Contact with a majority group that legitimizes the lower status leads to decreased collective action

Question 15

What leads to increased collective action amongst minoritized individuals? Contact… (4)

Answer 15

1: that deligitimizes the lower status
2: where group differences are discussed
3: that promotes allyship
4: that happens under dual identity

Question 16

OVERALL SUMMARY:

Answer 16

• Negative contact increases motivation for social change among minority groups
• Positive contact increases motivation for social change among majority group members
• There needs to be a fine balance between the types of contact that
  mobilize social change in both groups
• Contact that recognizes injustices, focuses on allies, highlights subgroup identities / dual identities, leads to increased collective action