The problems of political conflict and social disorder have proved to be endemic in the case of Northern Ireland. This research aims to probe the underlying factors responsible for one part of the conflict; namely the rise and fall of a new Social Movement in the form of the Northern Irish Civil Rights Association between 1960 and 1972. Analysis and synthesis of two disparate theories; one a social-psychological theory that stresses relative deprivation in the form of unfair treatment, and the other, a variant of resource mobilization (political process) are appropriate to understand the dynamic interaction between individuals and groups in terms of their potential to protest. In the Northern Irish context the goal of the research is not only to understand how organizations become mobilized but also why individuals are motivated to join such movements in the first place. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-11, Section: A, page: 3722. / Major Professor: Scott C. Flanagan. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78090 |
| Contributors | Christie, Kenneth Thomas., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 270 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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