Collective system?supporting inaction: A conceptual framework of privilege maintenance

Recent protest movements such as #MeToo exposed that institutional change initiatives targeting harassment and discrimination have so far failed to achieve equity. We propose this is because policy fail account for the motivation of those privileged by inequality regimes maintain perpetuate these systems. Addressing gaps in collective action scholarship, we introduce a normative framework conceptualising inaction dominant groups system-supporting behaviour preserve status quo. System-supporting central highly effective technique used group members hinder processes their power, it often preludes escalation violent backlash over time. Building on sociological models develop conceptual model accounts dynamics associated with (in)action. an agenda future research focuses resistance means maintaining privilege.