Citation

Thalhammer KE. Polit. Psychol. 2001; 22(3): 493-519.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, International Society of Political Psychology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/0162-895X.00251

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

What led Argentine human rights activists to risk challenging state repression in the late 1970s? Chi-square analyses of 78 interviews with early activists and nonactivists suggested few commonalities among activists but revealed two distinct and inverse routes to high-risk other-centered political activism. Activists directly affected by regime violence tended to be relatively inexperienced politically, to have little experience with fear, and to see groups as comprising individuals rather than as monolithic wholes. An inverse pattern characterized activists not directly affected by regime violence: Their activism was preceded by experience in politics and survival of previous fear-evoking episodes.

Language: en