“I Have a Dream”: A Typology of Social Change Goals
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Sweetman, Joseph
Leach, Colin Wayne
Spears, Russell
Pratto, Felicia
Saab, Rim
Abstract / Description
To date, there is little in the way of theorizing or empirical work on the imagined endpoint of political action aimed at social change – the type of “dream” those engaged in action are attempting to bring into fruition. We suggest that previous approaches have focused narrowly on one type of social change – amelioration of collective grievances. In contrast, we argue that social change is much richer and imaginative than this narrow focus suggests. In the present article we draw on key constructs in social psychology (e.g., goals, efficacy, legitimacy, identity, social system, and social value) in order to develop a typology of social change goals. In doing so, we explain why people might support one type of social change (e.g., revolution) versus others (e.g., separatism or amelioration). The typology is used to discuss future directions for research and to highlight the implications for psychological (and broader) approaches to social change.
Keyword(s)
social change goals collective action efficacy legitimacy identity systemPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2013-12-16
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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1
Issue
1
Page numbers
293–320
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Sweetman, J., Leach, C. W., Spears, R., Pratto, F., & Saab, R. (2013). “I Have a Dream”: A Typology of Social Change Goals. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 1(1), 293–320. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v1i1.85
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Sweetman, Joseph
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Leach, Colin Wayne
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Spears, Russell
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Pratto, Felicia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Saab, Rim
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Date of first publication2013-12-16
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Abstract / DescriptionTo date, there is little in the way of theorizing or empirical work on the imagined endpoint of political action aimed at social change – the type of “dream” those engaged in action are attempting to bring into fruition. We suggest that previous approaches have focused narrowly on one type of social change – amelioration of collective grievances. In contrast, we argue that social change is much richer and imaginative than this narrow focus suggests. In the present article we draw on key constructs in social psychology (e.g., goals, efficacy, legitimacy, identity, social system, and social value) in order to develop a typology of social change goals. In doing so, we explain why people might support one type of social change (e.g., revolution) versus others (e.g., separatism or amelioration). The typology is used to discuss future directions for research and to highlight the implications for psychological (and broader) approaches to social change.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationSweetman, J., Leach, C. W., Spears, R., Pratto, F., & Saab, R. (2013). “I Have a Dream”: A Typology of Social Change Goals. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 1(1), 293–320. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v1i1.85en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1320
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1701
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v1i1.85
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Keyword(s)social changeen_US
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Keyword(s)goalsen_US
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Keyword(s)collective actionen_US
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Keyword(s)efficacyen_US
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Keyword(s)legitimacyen_US
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Keyword(s)identityen_US
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Keyword(s)systemen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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Title“I Have a Dream”: A Typology of Social Change Goalsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers293–320
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Volume1
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