TY - JOUR
T1 - The intergenerational transmission of participation in collective action
T2 - The role of conversation and political practices in the family
AU - Cornejo, Marcela
AU - Rocha, Carolina
AU - Castro, Diego
AU - Varela, Micaela
AU - Manzi, Jorge
AU - González, Roberto
AU - Jiménez-Moya, Gloria
AU - Carvacho, Héctor
AU - Álvarez, Belén
AU - Valdenegro, Daniel
AU - Cheyre, Manuel
AU - Livingstone, Andrew G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from the Chilean National Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT #1161371), the Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (ANID/FONDAP/15130009), and the Interdisciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies (FONDAP #15110006). We thank Micaela Varela, Nicolás Villarroel, and Bernardita García for their work in the coding of the interviews, and Carla Ljubetic for her work in the literature review process.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 British Psychological Society
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - In this study, we examined the intergenerational transmission of collective action from parents to children. Using a mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative analysis, we analysed data from 100 dyads of activist parents in Chile (involved in the mobilizations against the dictatorship during the 1980s) and their adult children (N = 200). The quantitative analysis addressed the role of conversations about politics in the family. The results provided evidence of a direct association between those conversations and the frequency of participation in conventional and radical actions by the children, and an indirect association via children’s knowledge about parental involvement in past social movements. The qualitative phase, which used interviews and thematic analysis on a subsample of 24 dyads (N = 48), confirmed the role of political conversations, but also revealed the influence of other factors such as cultural consumption and joint political participation. This phase allowed the identification of factors that facilitate or hinder family transmission. Overall, the study highlights the relevance of family as a critical site of socialization that enables the intergenerational transmission of protest.
AB - In this study, we examined the intergenerational transmission of collective action from parents to children. Using a mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative analysis, we analysed data from 100 dyads of activist parents in Chile (involved in the mobilizations against the dictatorship during the 1980s) and their adult children (N = 200). The quantitative analysis addressed the role of conversations about politics in the family. The results provided evidence of a direct association between those conversations and the frequency of participation in conventional and radical actions by the children, and an indirect association via children’s knowledge about parental involvement in past social movements. The qualitative phase, which used interviews and thematic analysis on a subsample of 24 dyads (N = 48), confirmed the role of political conversations, but also revealed the influence of other factors such as cultural consumption and joint political participation. This phase allowed the identification of factors that facilitate or hinder family transmission. Overall, the study highlights the relevance of family as a critical site of socialization that enables the intergenerational transmission of protest.
KW - collective actions
KW - political socialization
KW - social movements
KW - socialization in the family
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U2 - 10.1111/bjso.12420
DO - 10.1111/bjso.12420
M3 - Article
C2 - 33021742
AN - SCOPUS:85092075158
SN - 0144-6665
VL - 60
SP - 29
EP - 49
JO - British Journal of Social Psychology
JF - British Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 1
ER -