ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses specifically on two distinct currents of research: The renewed interest in emotional aspects of collective action and the Theoretical interest in the dynamics of collective action. Researchers in the field of protest studies have shown renewed interest in the role of emotions. Beginning in the 1990s, a body of research on the feminist movement began to emphasize the emotional dimension of women's organizations. Most analyses in the rational-choice perspective recognize that the perceptions of cost could change during a protest, as when additional resources of repression are brought to bear. Hank Johnston apply it to emotional aspects of protest events that are especially relevant to collective violence: anger and how it plays out in the heat of protester-police interaction. Fear and anger are not the same emotions, but they are closely related in the fight-or-flight response, which can be triggered when protesters perceive threats to their safety from security forces.
