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dc.contributor.advisorRoger Petersen.en_US
dc.contributor.authorArgo, Nicholeen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-25T15:21:56Z
dc.date.available2010-03-25T15:21:56Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53256
dc.descriptionThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2009.en_US
dc.description"February 2009." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 32-36).en_US
dc.description.abstractWhy do individuals participate in weak-against-strong resistance, terror or insurgency? Drawing on rational choice theory, many claim that individuals join insurgent organizations for self-interested reasons, seeking status, money, protection, or rewards in the afterlife. Another line of research, largely ethnographic and social network based, suggests that prospective fighters are driven by social identity-they join out of an allegiance to communal values, norms of reciprocity, and an orientation towards process rather than outcome. This project tested these two lines of argument against each other by directly linking values orientations in a refugee camp to professed willingness to participate in resistance or rebellion in two different contexts. Professed willingness to participate in resistance, and especially in violent rebellion, is positively correlated with communal orientation and negatively correlated with self-enhancement values. The strength of correlation grows-negatively for self-enhancement and positively for communal orientations-as anticipated sacrifice increases. Results are discussed.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby T. Nichole Argo.en_US
dc.format.extent36 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectPolitical Science.en_US
dc.titleWhy fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellionen_US
dc.title.alternativeExamining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
dc.identifier.oclc540710427en_US


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