The CSU budget crisis and student protest
by Vann, Burrel James, Jr., M.A., CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON, 2012, 46 pages; 1511404

Abstract:

From 2009 to 2011, students and faculty at the California State University engaged in collective protest against budget cuts. In this paper, I examine variation among college students in budget cut protest participation. Using a statistical model for a sample of 1036 current college students at California State University Fullerton, I find that campus embeddedness only partially predicts protest participation, and is related to students' sense of collective identity. In addition, specific social psychological dimensions such as relative strain and collective efficacy predict engagement in campus-based budget cut protests. This study highlights a current student population at a public university, focusing on the individual-level precipitants of budget-cut protest activity.

 
AdviserBerna Torr
SchoolCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON
SourceMAI/ 50-05, p. , Jun 2012
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsSocial psychology; Political Science; Sociology
Publication Number1511404
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