Intersecting Alliances: Non-Palestinian Activists in Support of Palestine

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dc.contributor.authorHill, Sophia
dc.contributor.authorBen Hagai, Ella
dc.contributor.authorZurbriggen, Eileen L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-23T15:00:36Z
dc.date.available2018-02-23T15:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractInfluenced by social identity theory, psychologists have focused primarily on the role of shared identity in leading people to engage in collective action. In this study, we are concerned with the factors that lead individuals who do not share a collective identity to act in solidarity with an outgroup. We explored this question by looking at the narratives and motives that brought non-Palestinian university students to participate in collective action for Palestine. In-depth interviews with campus activists and a yearlong observation of campus debates over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict suggested a number of motives for solidarity activism. First, activists drew parallels between their in-group collective narrative and the collective narrative of the Palestinians. Second, an intersectional narrative of identity increased activist self-efficacy by highlighting the ways that activists were both marginalized and privileged. Third, activists explained their affinity to these narratives as rooted in personal experiences with marginalization and discrimination. A final motive arose through the practice of coalition building that further empowered students of different minority groups. Findings from this study contribute to an understanding of the current surge in Palestinian solidarity activism on college campuses in the United States.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHill, S., Ben Hagai, E., & Zurbriggen, E. L. (2018, January 25). Intersecting Alliances: Non-Palestinian Activists in Support of Palestine. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000070en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11209/11686
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Associationen_US
dc.subjectactivismen_US
dc.subjectcollective actionen_US
dc.subjectintersectionalityen_US
dc.subjectcampus politicsen_US
dc.subjectPalestineen_US
dc.titleIntersecting Alliances: Non-Palestinian Activists in Support of Palestineen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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