What is an accessible paper on collective victimhood, for an undergrad seminar? -could be smthg that frames the key aspects of theory/research -could be smthg on CV done in an important context or with compelling methods -could be that you study CV and this is your favorite paper
Before we knew the term “collective victimhood,” we did some work examine effects of “perceived group victimhood.” Not sure if this is what you had in mind, though. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Four studies investigate how perceptions that one’s social group has been victimized in society—that is, perceived group victimhood (PGV)—influence intergroup t...
This paper, also by @jrvollhardt.bsky.social and Rezarta Bilali, gives a powerful empirical example of how different forms of CV belief shape intergroup attitudes: doi: 10.1111/pops.12174
There is also an EJSP special issue on the topic and would recommend the intro article by Masi Noor, @jrvollhardt.bsky.socialpsycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1002/...
Not sure if this is the kind of thing you're looking for but some of the work on White collective victimhood is ... um, revealing. Example papers: Kaiser et al PSPB: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I get students to read Noor, Brown & Prentice (2008) on competitive victimhood in Northern Ireland. It's usually a good discussion starter about how powerful the victim role can be and how politicians and other people use this.