Trust and social movements: A new research agenda

• Autores: Weipert Fenner, Irene; Rossi, Federico Matias; Sika, Nadine; Wolff, Jonas
• Año de publicación: 2024
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: trust-building; social movements; mass protest; risk and uncertainty
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Social movement studies clearly suggest that trust matters for processes of social mobilization: When engaging in costly, and potentially risky, contentious collective action on a common goal, activists and groups rely on the expectation that fellow protestors and allies will not fail them. To date, however, we lack research that explains which types of trust shape the emergence and evolution of social movements. Trust, we argue, is not simply an independent variable influencing mobilization, but is itself shaped—built, stabilized, weakened, or even destroyed—over the course of collective contentious action. To set the stage for a corresponding research agenda, this introduction to the special issue “Trust and Social Movements” bridges the gap between research on trust and social movement studies and clarifies the complex conceptual relationship between various types of trust and the dynamics of social mobilization. Furthermore, we identify overarching research questions, summarize the contributions to the special issue, and discuss key findings.
Fil: Weipert Fenner, Irene. Peace Research Institute Frankfurt; Alemania
Fil: Rossi, Federico Matias. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Políticas. - Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones Políticas; Argentina
Fil: Sika, Nadine. American University In Cairo; Egipto
Fil: Wolff, Jonas. Peace Research Institute Frankfurt; Alemania