Social Movements and Networks : Relational Approaches to Collective Action.

Social Movements and Networks : Relational Approaches to Collective Action.

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For the first time in a single volume, the growing field of network analysis is systematically explored and assessed in terms of its ability to throw light on individual behaviour, social movements and political processes.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Diani, Mario.
Other Authors / Creators:McAdam, Doug.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2003.
Series:Comparative Politics Ser.
Subjects:
Social movements > Congresses.
Social networks > Congresses.
Collective behavior > Congresses.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: Social Movements, Contentious Actions, and Social Networks: 'From Metaphor to Substance'?
  • I. Individual Networks
  • 2. Social Networks Matter. But How?
  • 3. Movement Development and Organizational Networks: The Role of 'Single Members' in the German Nazi Party, 1925-30
  • II. Interorganizational Networks
  • 4. Networks in Opposition: Linking Organizations Through Activists in the Polish People's Republic
  • 5. 'Leaders' or Brokers? Positions and Influence in Social Movement Networks
  • 6. Community Embeddedness and Collaborative Governance in the San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Movement
  • III. Networking the Political Process
  • 7. Contentious Connections in Great Britain, 1828-34
  • 8. Networks, Diffusion, and Cycles of Collective Action
  • 9. Movement in Context: Thick Networks and Japanese Environmental Protest
  • IV. Theories of Networks, Movements, and Collective Action
  • 10. Why do Networks Matter? Rationalist and Structuralist Interpretations
  • 11. Cross-talk in Movements: Reconceiving the Culture-Network Link
  • 12. Beyond Structural Analysis: Toward a More Dynamic Understanding of Social Movements
  • 13. Networks and Social Movements: A Research Programme
  • References
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • W.

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