Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2009.
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| author | Argo, Nichole |
| author2 | Roger Petersen. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/532562019-04-11T11:24:02Z Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion Examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion Argo, Nichole Roger Petersen. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science. Political Science. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2009. "February 2009." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-36). Why do individuals participate in weak-against-strong resistance, terror or insurgency? Drawing on rational choice theory, many claim that individuals join insurgent organizations for self-interested reasons, seeking status, money, protection, or rewards in the afterlife. Another line of research, largely ethnographic and social network based, suggests that prospective fighters are driven by social identity-they join out of an allegiance to communal values, norms of reciprocity, and an orientation towards process rather than outcome. This project tested these two lines of argument against each other by directly linking values orientations in a refugee camp to professed willingness to participate in resistance or rebellion in two different contexts. Professed willingness to participate in resistance, and especially in violent rebellion, is positively correlated with communal orientation and negatively correlated with self-enhancement values. The strength of correlation grows-negatively for self-enhancement and positively for communal orientations-as anticipated sacrifice increases. Results are discussed. by T. Nichole Argo. S.M. 2010-03-25T15:21:56Z 2010-03-25T15:21:56Z 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53256 540710427 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 36 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Political Science. Argo, Nichole Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion |
| title | Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion |
| title_full | Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion |
| title_fullStr | Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion |
| title_short | Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion |
| title_sort | why fight examining self interested versus communally oriented motivations in palestinian resistance and rebellion |
| topic | Political Science. |
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