| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"It is widely recognized that social movements may spread - or "diffuse"--One site to another. Such diffusion, however, is a complex and multidimensional process that involves different actors, networks, and mechanisms. This complexity has spawned a large body of literature on different aspects of the diffusion process, yet a comprehensive framework remains an elusive target. This book is a response to that need, and its framework focuses on three basic analytical questions. First, what is being diffused? This question directs attention to both the protest repertoires and interpretive frames that actors construct to define issues and mobilize political claims. Second, how does diffusion occur? This book focuses attention on the activist networks and communication channels that facilitate diffusion, including dialogue, rumors, the mass media, the internet, NGOs, and organizational brokers. Finally, what is the impact of diffusion on organizational development and shifts in the scale of contentious politics? This volume suggests that diffusion is not a simple matter of political contagion or imitation; rather, it is a creative and strategic process marked by political learning, adaptation, and innovation"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The dimensions of diffusion / Rebecca Kolins Givan, Sarah A. Soule, and Kenneth M. Roberts Part I -- Diffusion and the framing of contentious politics: -- Transnational networks and institutions: how diffusion shaped the politicization of sexual harassment in Europe / Conny Roggeband; -- Temporality and frame diffusion: the case of the creationist/intelligent design and evolutionist movements from 1925-2005 / James E. Stobaugh and David A. Snow; -- Framing labor's new human rights movement / Lance Compa; dtFraming the GMO: epistemic brokers, authoritative knowledge and diffusion of opposition to biotechnology / Ronald J. Herring Part II -- Mechanisms of diffusion: -- Dialogue matters: beyond the transmission model of transnational diffusion between social movements / Sean Chabot; -- Diffusion of different types of internet activism: suggestive patterns in website adoption of innovations / Jennifer Earl and Katrina Kimport; -- Transnational networks, diffusion dynamics, and electoral change in the postcommunist world / Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik; -- Diffusing the rumor bomb 'John Kerry is French' i.e., haughty, foppish, elitist, socialist, cowardly and gay / Jayson Harsin Part III -- Diffusion, scale shift, and organizational change: -- From protest to organization: the impact of the 1960 sit-ins on movement organizations in the American South / Michael Biggs and Kenneth T. Andrews; -- Dynamics of diffusion: mechanisms, institutions, and scale shift / Sidney Tarrow. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social movements.
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Social movements. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Social movements. |
| Added Author |
Givan, Rebecca Kolins, 1975-
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Roberts, Kenneth M., 1958-
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Soule, Sarah Anne, 1967-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Diffusion of social movements. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521193733 (DLC) 2010003656 (OCoLC)504277690 |
| ISBN |
9780511789939 (electronic book) |
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0511789939 (electronic book) |
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9780521193733 (hardback) |
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0521193737 (hardback) |
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9780521130950 (paperback) |
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0521130956 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612725104 |
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