This study examined the effect of social media engagement on collective action intention to help Ukrainian refugees. This study proposes a dynamic, transactional model that draws upon ...computer-mediated communication research and the dynamic dual pathway model of collective action (DPPM) to investigate the impact of two types of social media engagement, namely actions and cues, on intergroup helping. The model aims to achieve two objectives: First, it examines the mediating role of anger and collective efficacy, the two parallel psychological mechanisms proposed by DPPM, in the effects of action and cues on collective action intention. Second, it tests the dynamic and reciprocal relationship between collection action intention and social media actions and cues over time. A three-wave longitudinal survey of U.S. adults was conducted after the Russian-Ukrainian War started. Longitudinal mediation analyses showed that social media action predicted greater collective action intentions indirectly through collective efficacy but not anger. Social media cues did not predict collective action intentions through collective efficacy or anger. Collective action intentions, in turn, increased subsequent social media actions and cues, forming a positive feedback loop. The effect of social media actions on collective action intention was stronger than that of social media cues.
•This study tested social media engagement’s longitudinal effect on collective action intention to help Ukrainian refugees.•Social media actions predicted greater intentions through collective efficacy over time but not anger.•Social media cues did not predict collective action intentions through collective efficacy or anger.•Collective action intentions increased subsequent social media actions and cues.•Social media actions were more effective in affecting intention than social media cues.
For Anscombe a solitary activity is intentional if the agent has self-knowledge of what she is doing. Analogously one might think that to partake in shared intentional activities is for the agents ...involved to have plural or collective self-knowledge of what they are doing together. I call this 'the Plural Practical Knowledge Thesis' (PPK). While some authors have advanced related theses about the nature of the knowledge involved in shared practical activities (see Laurence, B. 2011. "An Anscombian Approach to Collective Action." In Essays on Anscombe's Intention, edited by Anton Ford, Jennifer Hornsby, and Frederick Stoutland. Cambridge: Harvard UP; Schmid, H.-B. 2016. "On Knowing What We Are Doing Together." In The Epistemic Life of Groups: Essays in the Epistemology of Collectives, edited by Michael S. Brady, and Miranda Fricker. Oxford: Oxford UP; Rödl, S. 2015. "Joint Action and Recursive Consciousness of Consciousness." Phenomenology and Cognitive Sciences 14: 769-779. doi:
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; Rödl, S. 2018a. "Joint Action and Pure Self-Consciousness." Journal of Social Philosophy 49 (1): 124-136; Rödl, S. 2018b. Self-Consciousness and Objectivity. Cambridge: Harvard UP) this alternative remains relatively underexplored in the current literature. The paper offers an account of plural practical knowledge based on the idea that shared activities of the relevant sort share a normative structure given by practical, means-end structures and proposes a paradigmatic methodology that generalizes this account to understand what different cases of collective intentional action have in common. It then discusses the differences between the proposed approach and those due to Schmid 2016. "On Knowing What We Are Doing Together." In The Epistemic Life of Groups: Essays in the Epistemology of Collectives, edited by Michael S. Brady, and Miranda Fricker. Oxford: Oxford UP and Laurence 2011. "An Anscombian Approach to Collective Action." In Essays on Anscombe's Intention, edited by Anton Ford, Jennifer Hornsby, and Frederick Stoutland. Cambridge: Harvard UPand the reasons why it should be preferred.
In this study, we examined the intergenerational transmission of collective action from parents to children. Using a mixed‐method approach combining quantitative and qualitative analysis, we analysed ...data from 100 dyads of activist parents in Chile (involved in the mobilizations against the dictatorship during the 1980s) and their adult children (N = 200). The quantitative analysis addressed the role of conversations about politics in the family. The results provided evidence of a direct association between those conversations and the frequency of participation in conventional and radical actions by the children, and an indirect association via children’s knowledge about parental involvement in past social movements. The qualitative phase, which used interviews and thematic analysis on a subsample of 24 dyads (N = 48), confirmed the role of political conversations, but also revealed the influence of other factors such as cultural consumption and joint political participation. This phase allowed the identification of factors that facilitate or hinder family transmission. Overall, the study highlights the relevance of family as a critical site of socialization that enables the intergenerational transmission of protest.
Collective actions against major construction projects are becoming common because of the public’s increasing civil rights awareness and environmental consciousness. Thus, it is important to explore ...the critical factors responsible for collective actions against major construction projects. This study initially developed 25 indicators inducing collective actions based on a comprehensive literature review. An empirical study with 127 samples was conducted using questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews from projects located in Central China. Furthermore, ranking analysis and factor analyses were implemented to conclude that collective actions in major construction projects can be explained by a six-dimension critical factor system: benefits to the public, characteristics of project performers, layout of projects, living quality of the public, perceptions of the public, and influence from the authority. This study contributes to government administration for collective actions against major construction projects and serves as a useful reference for further studies of this type.
•25 indicators of collective action are identified in major construction projects.•Empirical evidence from 200 subjects is obtained in two projects.•A six-dimension factor system is proposed to explain the collective action.•The results have practical implications at the management level in major projects.
En fecha relativamente reciente se aprobó la Directiva (UE) 2020/828 del ParlamentoEuropeo y del Consejo, de 25 de noviembre sobre acciones de representación para la protección de losintereses ...colectivos de los consumidores. Su principal objetivo ha sido garantizar que los consumidoresdispongan de al menos un mecanismo procesal capaz de proteger eficazmente sus intereses colectivos.Sin embargo, la Directiva se sustenta en un modelo adversarial de demostrada ineficacia que no tuvo en cuenta los nuevos modelos de resolución de controversias adoptados por algunos Estados miembros, cuya eficacia es incontestable en tiempo y resultados. Mediante estos nuevos modelos (nuevas tecnologías)se puede conseguir de forma rápida y sencilla la reparación de los daños masivos ocasionados a los consumidores a través de acuerdos voluntarios, sin que sea necesario acudir a un procedimiento. Tomandocomo punto de partida la amplia experiencia comparada y la doctrina científica, nuestra propuesta va dirigida a evaluar la posible introducción de las nuevas tecnologías -reparación regulatoria y el Defensordel Pueblo- en el ordenamiento español en aquellos sectores del consumo donde ello sea factible.
Successful management of complex social-ecological landscapes overlapping Natura 2000 sites requires collaboration between various actors such as law enforcement agencies, NGOs and enterprises. ...Natura 2000 governance is stimulated by central actors (e.g., Natura 2000 administrators), with successes and failures of management activities depending on the capacity of the network leader to implement a collaborative approach to environmental governance. By using social network analysis, we analysed the cooperation, information flow and capacity for collective action within Natura 2000 governance networks within two Romanian protected areas: Lower Siret Floodplain and Iron Gates Natural Park. The two networks represent protected areas managed by different types of organisations (i.e., Lower Siret Floodplain – by an NGO, Iron Gates Natural Park – by a public entity). Taking into consideration that NGOs may favour an adaptive co-management, while the public bodies may take a top-down management approach, we hypothesize that Lower Siret Floodplain will have a more cohesive and collaborating network compared to Iron Gates Natural Park, and that there will be a greater representation of private and NGO sector in the network coordinated by Lower Siret Floodplain. Contrary to our expectations, the results show that collaboration patterns are similar in the two networks, although they are governed by two different types of institutions, both being less participative than expected, with low involvement of NGOs and private stakeholders. Furthermore, Lower Siret Floodplain network is surprisingly more centralized around a small number of public authorities, and the pre-existing power of public bodies likely inhibit the capacity of the NGO to collaborate with private stakeholders. We also found lower collaboration levels between actors in the network periphery with other organisations from the same cluster, denoting a clear top-down approach of the management in both networks. Our findings suggest that delegating the protected areas administration to NGOs, a solution to increase the use of co-management in protected areas, does not solve the poor representation of private stakeholders.
•We illustrate the current state of the governance network structure in protected areas managed by NGOs and public bodies.•Public bodies dominate the management of Natura 2000, while local companies, NGOs are only marginally involved.•Peripheral groups are isolated and the local stakeholders cooperate only with top-level management actors.•Local participatory governance of Natura 2000 sites in Romania is limited by bureaucratic barriers.•Governance of Natura 2000 is a permitting issuing framework and not an arena for cooperation between stakeholders.
Rural space seeks a new development model, for which “flexibility” is the key-word, that is the ability to adapt rapidly to the new, constantly changing, conditions of globalized markets. It is ...argued that flexibility can be achieved by society itself by developing its social capital, which allows for cooperation among actors in order to meet mutual goals. In rural communities, particularly in Greece, although it is expected that the social capital is increased because of acquaintanceships and frequent interactions among members, cooperation among farmers is limited and less than frequent. The purpose of this study is to examine the social capital of a rural society, by focusing on young farmers, because they are expected to play an essential role in the formulation and implementation of a modern model of rural development. Linkages between social capital, trust and collective actions are examined through an empirical investigation of young farmers in an exemplary rural area of Greece in order to provide an explanation as to the processes through which social capital can it play a positive role in the development of a rural society. The empirical analysis yields two findings of crucial importance. First, contrary to a priori expectations, the social capital of young farmers in Greek rural society is limited, considering that both the participation in voluntary organizations (especially in producer groups) and the level of trust, as depicted within the empirical analysis, are low. This entails limited collective actions, which actually translates to limited access to innovation. Second, young farmers' increased trust to institutions (institutional trust) is linked to poor participation in collective actions. On the other hand, young farmers with reduced trust to institutions and enhanced trust to individuals (personal trust) are predominantly those who endeavor collective actions, which allow them to become flexible in order to better adapt to new conditions.
Governmental sustainable development pertains to the realm of collective action, which generates economies of scale in which the actors share the costs of their actions. Through consolidation, an ...originally adjoint city is merged with a county, facilitating the sustainable development of collective action within local governments. This study empirically corroborated the relationship between the time since local government consolidation (in years) and sustainability. Open government data were used to establish a secondary database; data from Taiwan's 22 cities and counties were collected over a multiyear period, before and after county-city consolidation. Time-series analysis and event history analysis (survival analysis models) were employed to corroborate whether county-city consolidation positively affects sustainability. County-city consolidation contributed to improvements in sustainability, only in regard to the growth rate of per capita annual disposable income and the growth rate of tertiary education of 15+ age in the jurisdictions. This research then concluded that the extreme integration approach of local governments under county-city consolidation may promote collective sustainability-related benefits, but it may simultaneously enlarge the poverty gap in the society.
As one of the typical collective actions or cooperative behaviors of human beings, the rumor is widespread and harmful in the society for most cases. Modeling and predicting the dynamics and ...evolutions or rumors’ spreading has been widely investigated in existing models, including the (expanded) SIR models. In this paper, a micro-model of neighborhood interactions between agents (ABM) is proposed to explore the mechanism of rumors’ spreading. In the proposed model, the agents (sources or receptors) interact with the neighbors on a square lattice, and the source spreads rumors to receptors, and if the receptors decide to spread rumors they become sources as well. For each agent, the individual judgment heterogeneity and social trust heterogeneity are introduced, and the distance to the original source provides the basic field function. Distance, judgment, and trust consist of the thresholds that should be overcome before the rumor can be spread by certain agent to others. The heard time records the frequency that the rumor is heard, and the agent spreads the rumor if the heard time satisfies the threshold condition. As the mean effects of individual judgment and social trust on rumors’ spreading are stabilized, this paper focuses on their heterogeneity effects. The spreading curves monitors the instant spreading percentage and they have two stages, which are the “rapidly increase stage” with the linear relationship and “slowly increase stage” with the nonlinear relationship. Simulation outcome indicate that heterogeneity promotes the spreading while the homogeneity dampens it. Besides, the conditional effects of social trust heterogeneity under individual judgment heterogeneity coincide with the general effects. This work paves the way for the full-process prediction of rumors’ spreading.
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