Collective action of ethno-national minority groups and the cost of inaction
Arab Palestinians in Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irit Harboun (Faculty of Education, College for Academic Studies, Or Yehuda, Israel), Guy Ben-Porat (0000-0002-7427-355X, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author), Shlomo Mizrahi (0000-0001-6531-6557, University of Haifa) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 574-594 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1070289x.2019.1608033 |
| OpenAlex | W2941490898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 49 |
Collective action requires resources, organization, leaders and political opportunities. In the case of disadvantaged minority groups, long-standing conflict with the majority, a closed political opportunity structure and the difficulty of acquiring resources, increases the costs and risks of the action. We argue that the development of such an action is a function of leaders’ perceptions about the cost of inaction (COI) and symbolic resources of the group, such as solidarity. Combining these evaluations creates three trajectories: growth, restriction and decline. We examine this argument by four collective actions carried out by Arab Palestinians citizens in Israel to improve education. The findings show that leaders increased efforts even if they assessed opportunities are limited when they thought that COI is high, since inaction means not only the loss of instrumental costs but also the loss of potential symbolic gains such as recognition of the group collective identity
Collective action · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |