Understanding allies’ participation in social change: A multiple perspectives approach

Maja Kutlaca; Helena R. M. Radke; Aarti Iyer; Julia C. Becker

doi:10.1002/ejsp.2720

journal article Oct 01, 2020

Understanding allies’ participation in social change: A multiple perspectives approach

Maja Kutlaca Helena R. M. Radke

Aarti Iyer

Julia C. Becker

European Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 50 No. 6 pp. 1248-1258 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe introduction to the EJSP special issue brings together recent literature on allyship. We present and discuss different definitions of allyship and highlight a multiple perspectives approach to understanding the predictors and consequences of allyship. This approach suggests that engagement in allyship can be driven by egalitarian and non‐egalitarian motivations and that the behaviours identified as allyship can have different meanings, causes and consequences depending on whether researchers take into account the allies’ perspective or the disadvantaged groups’ perspective. We use this approach as an organizing principle to identify themes that emerge in the papers included in this special issue. We start with four papers that consider the perspective of the advantaged group, followed by two papers that consider the perspective of the disadvantaged group. Finally, we introduce two theoretical papers that examine the relations between disadvantaged groups and allies, and we set out directions for future research.

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Published: Oct 01, 2020
Vol/Issue: 50(6)
Pages: 1248-1258
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Authors

M

Maja Kutlaca

Department of Psychology Durham University Durham UK

H

Helena R. M. Radke

Department of Psychology School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK

A

Aarti Iyer

Department of Psychology The University of Sheffield Sheffield UK

J

Julia C. Becker

Institute of Psychology Osnabrück University Osnabrück Germany

Cite This Article

Maja Kutlaca, Helena R. M. Radke, Aarti Iyer, et al. (2020). Understanding allies’ participation in social change: A multiple perspectives approach. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6), 1248-1258. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2720

Understanding allies’ participation in social change: A multiple perspectives approach

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