thesis

Engagement politique et rationalisation - analyse psycho-sociale du discours militant

Defense date:

Jan. 1, 1993

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Institution:

Toulouse 2

Disciplines:

Psychology

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Abstract EN:

THIS WORK IS BASED ON THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF COMMITMENT AND RATIONALIZATION, AND ATTEMPTS AT STUDYING THEM IN THE FIELD OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION. THANKS TO THE JOINT USE OF QUESTIONNAIRES AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO SHOW THAT A SUBJECT'S LEVEL OF COMMITMENT IN A POLITICAL PARTY, FIRST, MIRRORS A "BEHAVIORAL COMMITMENT" (POLITICAL ACTS) AND AN "ATTITUDINAL COMMITMENT" (GROUP PERCEPTION); SECONDLY, IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE strength OF HIS HER IDENTIFICATION TO LEARDERSHIP FIGURES; THIRDLY, DETERMINES THE RATIONALIZATION MODE HE SHE USES TO DEAL WITH A PROBLEMATIC ACT COMING FROM ONE OF THAT LEARDERSHIP FIGURES. FOUR STRATEGIES PROVE TO BE LINKED BOTH THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND TO THE INTENSITY OF DISSONANCE : AVOIDANCE, COMPARTMENTALIZATION, GLOBALIZATION AND RE-INTERPRETATION.

Abstract FR:

Ce travail repose sur les processus psycho-sociaux de l'engagement et de la rationalisation, apprehendes dans le champ de la communication politique. L'utilisation conjointe de questionnaires et d'analyses de discours a permis de montrer que le niveau d'engagement d'un sujet dans un parti politique : 1- reflete un engagement "comportemental" (conduites emises) et un engagement "attitudinal" (perception du groupe ); 2- caracterise son identification aux figures d'autorite; 3- determine le mode de rationalisation employe pour faire face a un acte problematique emis par l'une de ces figures d'autorite. Quatre strategies apparaissent liees a la fois au niveau d'engagement et a l'intensite de la dissonance : evitement, compartimentalisation, globalisation, et reinterpretation.