Does Collective Identity Matter? :

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" Does Collective Identity Matter? : "
Robnett, Belinda

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	917601
Doc. No	:	LA3d9477vm
Title & Author	:	Does Collective Identity Matter? :. African-American Conventional and Unconventional Political Participation [Article]\ Robnett, Belinda
Date	:	2007
Title of Periodical	:	UC Irvine
Abstract	:	This study is the first to compare the role of feelings of collective identity, or a shared sense of common fate, on the likelihood of participating in conventional (electoral) low-commitment political activity that takes little time (voting), conventional high-commitment involvement that requires more time and effort (participation in a voter registration drive), unconventional (non-electoral) low-commitment political activity (signing a petition), and unconventional high-commitment activity (participation in a protest march or demonstration). The paper concludes that collective identity is a powerful predictor of the likelihood of participation in unconventional but not conventional political activity irrespective of the level of commitment.