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A social identity model of riot diffusion : from injustice to empowerment in the 2011 London riots

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31/03/2020
Author
Drury, John
Stott, Clifford
Ball, Roger
Reicher, Stephen David
Neville, Fergus Gilmour
Bell, Linda
Biddlestone, Mikey
Choudhury, Sanjeedah
Lovell, Max
Ryan, Caoimhe Eileen
Keywords
Riots
Social identity
Social influence
Contagion
Collective empowerment
Collective action
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
BF Psychology
3rd-DAS
BDC
R2C
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Abstract
Previous research has shown that riots spread across multiple locations, but has not explained underlying psychological processes. We examined rioting in three locations during the August 2011 disorders in England to test a social identity model of riot diffusion. We triangulated multiple sources to construct a narrative of events; and we analysed interviews with 68 participants to examine experiences. In line with the model, we found evidence for two pathways of influence: “cognitive” and “strategic”. For some participants, previous rioting was highly self-relevant, and shared identity was the basis of their subsequent involvement. For others, previous rioting was empowering because it demonstrated the vulnerability of a common enemy (the police). In each location, interaction dynamics mediated the link between initial perceptions and collective action. The utility of this social identity approach is that it is able to account for both the boundaries and the sequence of urban riot diffusion.
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Drury , J , Stott , C , Ball , R , Reicher , S D , Neville , F G , Bell , L , Biddlestone , M , Choudhury , S , Lovell , M & Ryan , C E 2020 , ' A social identity model of riot diffusion : from injustice to empowerment in the 2011 London riots ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 50 , no. 3 , pp. 646-661 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2650
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European Journal of Social Psychology
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2650
ISSN
0046-2772
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2650
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This work was supported by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (grant number ES/N01068X/1) to John Drury, Stephen Reicher, and Clifford Stott.
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