Mauro Rodríguez

Identity processes in collective action participation: farmer's identity and farmer's protest in the Netherlands and Spain

This study tested the assumption that a sense of collective identity stimulates participation in collective action. Contextual circumstances supposedly make a collective identity more salient and compel people to act as members of the group; protest participation is more likely among people with a strong collective identity. Group identification and participation in identity organizations were used as indicators of collective identity in a study of 248 farmers from Galicia (Spain) and 167 farmers from the Netherlands. The farmers were interviewed three times at intervals of 1 year. The longitudinal design also allowed a test of causality. A sense of collective identity appeared to stimulate preparedness to take part in farmers’ protest. Action preparedness leads to action participation, which in turn appears to foster collective identity.

Identidad social, valoracion politica y movilizacion colectiva en un contexto supranacional.

Resumen En este estudio analizamos la influencia de diferentes variables relacionadas con la identidad social y valoración política sobre la intención de participar en acciones de protesta contra la normativa agrícola de la Unión Europea. De las diversas medidas de identificación utilizadas, la identificación grupal activa, expresada en la pertenencia a organizaciones agrarias, resultó ser la variable con una mayor capacidadpredictiva. Junto a ella también presentan una contribución significativa las condiciones estructurales del grupo, como el pesimismo sobre el futuro y la permeabilidad de las fronteras grupales, y la crítica al gobierno central por no defender los intereses de los agricultores.

The role of anticipated emotions in recycling intention: an extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour / Emociones anticipadas en la intención de reciclar: una extensión de la Teoría de la Conducta Planificada

Abstract Based on Ajzen’s previous research, the primary aim of this paper is to explore the importance of anticipated emotions in household waste recycling intention beyond the explanation provided by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). A questionnaire was constructed and given to a sample of 276 students aged 18 to 24 at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Anticipated emotions were measured in relation to the intention, or lack thereof, to separate out household waste for the purposes of recycling. Findings show that negative emotions, in the same (NAE_sd) and the opposite direction (NAE_od) as the action, make the highest contribution to increasing explained variance (R2 = 6.0%). Furthermore, these variables are also directly and significantly related to intention (NAE_sd (β = −.19); NAE_od (β = .23)), making them more relevant in terms of better explaining this environmentally responsible intention.