Date: 2012
Type: Article
Micro-Mobilization into Armed Groups: ideological, instrumental and solidaristic paths
Qualitative Sociology, 2012, 35, 4, 361-383[COSMOS]
BOSI, Lorenzo, DELLA PORTA, Donatella, Micro-Mobilization into Armed Groups: ideological, instrumental and solidaristic paths, Qualitative Sociology, 2012, 35, 4, 361-383[COSMOS] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/24157
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Based on biographical materials of armed militants of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and Red Brigades, this article analyses variation within the micromobilization that leads to armed groups. Three general paths are singled out: the ideological path, the instrumental path and the solidaristic path. Each of these is characterized by complex interactions between the individual motivations for involvement (micro-level), the networks that facilitate the recruitment process (meso-level), and the effects of repression on individuals (macro-level). We discuss the discoveries we have made and conclude by describing the advantages of our approach.
Additional information:
First published online : December 2012
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/24157
Full-text via DOI: 10.1007/s11133-012-9237-1
ISSN: 1573-7837; 0162-0436
Series/Number: [COSMOS]
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