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1 online resource (xix, 348 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Comparative politics
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Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
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| Note |
Selected papers presented at a June 24-26, 2000 meeting of American and European scholars at Ross Priory on the banks of Loch Lomond. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-346) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: social movements, contentious actions, and social networks: "from metaphor to substance"? / Mario Diani -- Social networks matter. But how? / Florence Passy -- Movement development and organizational networks: the role of "single members" in the German Nazi party, 1925-1930 / Helmut Anheier -- Networks in opposition: linking organizations through activists in the Polish people's republic / Maryjane Osa -- "Leaders" or brokers?: positions and influence in social movement networks / Mario Diani -- Community embeddedness and collaborative governance in the San Francisco Bay area environment movement / Christopher Ansell -- Contentious connections in Great Britain, 1828-34 / Charles Tilly and Lesley J. Wood -- Networks, diffusion, and cycles of collective action / Pamela E. Oliver and Daniel J. Myers -- Movement in context: thick networks and Japanese environmental protest / Jeffrey Broadbent -- Why do networks matter?: rationalist and structuralist interpretations / Roger V. Gould -- Cross-talk in movements: reconceiving the culture-network link / Ann Mische -- Beyond structural analysis: toward a more dynamic understanding of social movements / Doug McAdam -- Networks and social movements: a research programme / Mario Diani. |
| Summary |
This title examines the extent to which a network approach should inform research on collective action. By exploring how networks affect individual contributions to collective action in both democratic and non-democratic organizations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social movements -- Congresses.
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Social movements. |
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Social networks -- Congresses.
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Social networks. |
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Collective behavior -- Congresses.
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Collective behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Subject |
Social movements. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Diani, Mario, 1957-
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McAdam, Doug.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social movements and networks. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 0199251770 9780199251773 (DLC) 2002070200 (OCoLC)50323158 |
| ISBN |
9780191530760 (electronic book) |
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019153076X (electronic book) |
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9780199251780 |
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0199251789 |
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0199251770 (hc.) |
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0199251789 (paperback) |
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