SOCIAL CONFLICT AND COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING - V 1, DYNAMICS OF STUDENT PROTEST

• NCJ Number: 8811
• Author(s): C F ROSENTHAL
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 143 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-007
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: American Institutes for Research
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

HISTORICAL STUDY OF COLLECTIVE STUDENT CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE IN AMERICA AND A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DYNAMICS OF CURRENT DISORDERS.

Abstract

IN THE HISTORICAL SEGMENT, COLLECTIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR IS CATEGORIZED INTO FOUR CLASSES - FADDISM, DEPRIVATION PROTESTS, NORMATIVE ACTION CONFORMING TO THE IDEALS AND ETHOS OF SOCIETY, AND IDEOLOGICAL DISSENT CHALLENGING SOCIETAL IDEALS AND VALUES. EACH TYPE OF DEMONSTRATION IS SEEN TO EVOLVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PHASES - PREMOBILIZATION, MOBILIZATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND POST-DEMONSTRATION. COUNTERMEASURES APPROPRIATE TO SPECIFIC INTERNAL FACTORS (STUDENTS, FACULTY, ADMINISTRATION AND EXTERNAL FACTORS (POLICE, PUBLIC, MEDIA ARE SUGGESTED FOR EACH PHASE. FOR THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE STUDY, WHICH IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON STUDENT SOCIAL VALUES AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN THE U.S. AND SELECTED FOREIGN NATIONS, SEE NCJ-007712. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)