Charles Tilly

Doug McAdam

Professor of Sociology Doug McAdam

Sidney Tarrow

Charles Tarrow

Director Center for Studies of Social Change and Professor of History and Sociology Charles Tilly, PhD

Joseph L Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science Charles Tilly, PhD

Over the past two decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other forms of nonroutine, or "contentious politics," has flourished as never before. And yet theory and research on the topic remain highly fragmented. The first of these divisions reflects the long-standing view that various forms of contention are indeed distinct and should be studied independent of others. A second traditional approach to the study of political contention denies the possibility of general theory, in deference to a thorough grounding in the temporal and spatial particulars of any given episode of contention. Finally, overlaid on these two divisions are stylized theoretical traditions--structuralist, culturalist, and rationalist--that have developed largely in isolation from one another.

Dynamics of Contention

Mayer N. Zald

John D. McCarthy

Professor Emeritus of Sociology Mayer N Zald

This volume, first published in 1996, examines various social movements from a comparative perspective.

Political Opportunities, Mobilizing Structures, and Cultural Framings

Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements

Mario Diani

Social Movements and Networks examines the extent to which a network approach should inform research on collective action. For the first time in a single volume, leading social movements researchers systematically map out and assess the contribution of social network approaches to their fieldof enquiry in light of broader theoretical perspective. By exploring how networks affect individual contributions to collective action in both democratic and non-democratic organizations, and how patterns of inter-organizational linkages affect the circulation of resources within and betweenmovements, the authors show how network concepts improve our grasp of the relationship between social movements and elites and of the dynamics of the political processes.

Relational Approaches to Collective Action

Social Movements and Networks

Introduction, 1999PrefaceIntroduction1. The Classical Model of Social Movements Examined2. Resource Mobilization: A Deficient Alternative3. The Political Process Model4. The Empirical Implications of Various Models of Social Movements5. The Historical Context of Black Insurgency, 1876-19546. The Generation of Black Insurgency, 1955-607. The Heyday of Black Insurgency, 1961-658. The Decline of Black Insurgency, 1966-709. Political Process and Black InsurgencyAppendix 1Methodology and Presentation of Coding ManualAppendix 2Chronology of Sit-in Demonstrations, February 1-March 31, 1960Appendix 3Estimated Total External Income for Five Major Movement Organizations, 1948-70Appendix 4List of Indigenous Protest Leaders, 1955-60Appendix 5Indigenous Protest Leaders and Their Later Organizational Affiliations within the MovementNotesBibliographyIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970

Professor of Sociology Doug McAdam

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