Impresarios of identity: How the leaders of Czechoslovakia's ‘Candlelight Demonstration’ enabled effective collective action in a context of repression
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Jurstakova, K., Ntontis, E. and Reicher, S. 2023. Impresarios of identity: How the leaders of Czechoslovakia's ‘Candlelight Demonstration’ enabled effective collective action in a context of repression. British Journal of Social Psychology. 63 (1), pp. 153-169. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12671
Authors | Jurstakova, K., Ntontis, E. and Reicher, S. |
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Abstract | This paper presents an analysis of identity leadership (Haslam et al., The new psychology of leadership: Identity, influence and power, Routledge, 2020) in the 1988 ‘Candlelight Demonstration’ in Bratislava which was a precursor to the 1989 Velvet Revolution. The analysis is based on interviews with the five remaining leaders of the demonstration and addresses three core issues. First, how leaders use performative means (identity impresarioship) as well as limited rhetorical means (identity entrepreneurship) to assemble protestors and create a sense of shared identity amongst them. Second, how these strategies of mobilization are linked to the highly repressive context in which the demonstration took place. Third, we analyse the extent to which these strategies are rooted in a psychological understanding of the processes of mobilization. We conclude by addressing the implications for our general understanding of leadership and the mobilization of collective action and the need for more research into these processes under conditions of repression. |
Keywords | Collective action; Indentity leadership; Mobilization; Repression; Social identity |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | British Journal of Social Psychology |
Journal citation | 63 (1), pp. 153-169 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 0144-6665 |
2044-8309 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12671 |
Official URL | https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjso.12671 |
Funder | Canterbury Christ Church University |
Publication dates | |
22 Jul 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 14 Jul 2023 |
Deposited | 26 Jul 2023 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/95257/impresarios-of-identity-how-the-leaders-of-czechoslovakia-s-candlelight-demonstration-enabled-effective-collective-action-in-a-context-of-repression
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