Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs

Policies atoning for past wrongs against minority groups are often contested within the majority. During the year after the apology to the Indigenous Australian Stolen Generations, predictors of non-Indigenous (majority) collective action intentions focusing on support or opposition to reform reconc...

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Main Authors: Hartley, Lisa, McGarty, C., Donaghue, N.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24636
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author Hartley, Lisa
McGarty, C.
Donaghue, N.
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Donaghue, N.
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description Policies atoning for past wrongs against minority groups are often contested within the majority. During the year after the apology to the Indigenous Australian Stolen Generations, predictors of non-Indigenous (majority) collective action intentions focusing on support or opposition to reform reconciliation policies (Study 1, N = 206) and compensation to the Stolen Generations (Study 2, N = 215; Study 3, N = 298) were examined. Action was analyzed as a function of national identity, opinion-based group identity, group-based guilt, political orientation, and collective efficacy. Opinion-based group identification was an independent predictor of action for all groups except for anti-compensation, where efficacy strongly predicted action. Findings highlight opinion-based groups' role in capturing the fault lines of disagreement within majority groups.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-246362017-09-13T15:56:35Z Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs Hartley, Lisa McGarty, C. Donaghue, N. stolen generations Indigenous Australians policies Policies atoning for past wrongs against minority groups are often contested within the majority. During the year after the apology to the Indigenous Australian Stolen Generations, predictors of non-Indigenous (majority) collective action intentions focusing on support or opposition to reform reconciliation policies (Study 1, N = 206) and compensation to the Stolen Generations (Study 2, N = 215; Study 3, N = 298) were examined. Action was analyzed as a function of national identity, opinion-based group identity, group-based guilt, political orientation, and collective efficacy. Opinion-based group identification was an independent predictor of action for all groups except for anti-compensation, where efficacy strongly predicted action. Findings highlight opinion-based groups' role in capturing the fault lines of disagreement within majority groups. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24636 10.1111/jasp.12023 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. restricted
spellingShingle stolen generations
Indigenous Australians
policies
Hartley, Lisa
McGarty, C.
Donaghue, N.
Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs
title Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs
title_full Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs
title_fullStr Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs
title_full_unstemmed Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs
title_short Understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs
title_sort understanding disagreement within the majority about action to atone for past wrongs
topic stolen generations
Indigenous Australians
policies
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24636