HOW DO VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS FOSTER PROTEST? THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT ON INDIVIDUAL PROTEST PARTICIPATION
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2010
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WILEY-BLACKWELL
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Prior research shows that members of voluntary organizations are more likely to protest than nonmembers. But why, among members, do some protest while others do not? I explore whether organizational involvement-the extent in which members engage in the "life" of their organizations-affects protest. I identify four dimensions of involvement-time and money contributions, participation in activities, psychological attachment, and embeddedness in interpersonal communication networks. Only the first dimension has robust effects on protest, and they are nonlinear: intermediate contributors have the highest protest rates. The three other dimensions substantially increase protest only under specific "involvement profiles.".
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SOCIAL-MOVEMENTS, MULTIPLE IMPUTATION, MULTIORGANIZATIONAL FIELDS, POLITICAL-PARTICIPATION, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, FREEDOM SUMMER, MISSING DATA, COMMITMENT, RECRUITMENT, NETWORKS