Mobilisierung schwuler Manner. Teilnahmemotivation im Kontext der deutschen Schwulenbewegung
In: Neue soziale Bewegungen: Forschungsjournal, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 40-51
ISSN: 0933-9361
The authors take a social psychological approach to examine the motivation of gays to participate in the gay movement. Their "two path model" integrates two main approaches of social psychological movement theory: the calculation of costs & gains & collective identity processes. On the basis of three studies, the authors test their model. They try to predict the actual behavior & measure the importance of identities as gay activists. Their results show the influence of both approaches, but that of collective identity is of major importance. 34 References. Adapted from the source document.