CLIMATES OF FEAR AND SOCIOPOLITICAL CHANGE

Authors
BARBALET JM
Citation
Jm. Barbalet, CLIMATES OF FEAR AND SOCIOPOLITICAL CHANGE, Journal for the theory of social behaviour, 25(1), 1995, pp. 15-33
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
Journal for the theory of social behaviour → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218308
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
15 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8308(1995)25:1<15:COFASC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The importance of fear in influencing social processes, including soci al and organizational change, has been insufficiently explored. In add ition to flight and fight, or subjugation and rebellion, containment i s a typical response to fear. Relative power disparities cause fear in elite groups. Attempts to contain the source of fear, which they perc eive as threatening, leads elites to engage in organizational change.