Abrams, Benjamin;
Travaglino, Giovanni A;
Gardner, Peter R;
Callan, Brian;
(2022)
The Meaning of Contention.
Contention
, 10
(2)
pp. 83-101.
10.3167/cont.2022.100205.
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Abstract
Contention is everywhere nowadays, permeating the fabric of society and constituting an important element of many different social relationships. It is also a central topic across a wide range of social scientific disciplines. Following the most contentious decade in over a century, scholarship on the topic of “contention” is booming. Nonetheless, we still lack a conceptual approach to “contention” as a general academic term beyond the bounds of the study of “contentious politics.” What is the meaning of contention? Drawing on a decade of editorial and research work on contention, this article surveys the profound breadth and variety of academic research on the topic, ranging from politics, psychology, and so- ciology to material culture, criminology, and beyond. We outline the common conceptual thread across these various areas, where “contention” generally indicates conflictual collective contests con- cerning competing claims.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Meaning of Contention |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3167/cont.2022.100205 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/cont.2022.100205 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Collective action, collective contention, contentious politics, definition of contention, social movements |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192460 |
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