Social movements and networks [[electronic resource] ] : relational approaches to collective action / / edited by Mario Diani and Doug McAdam

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454244703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0-19-159905-0; 1-281-93048-2; 9786611930486; 0-19-153076-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Collana: Comparative politics
• Altri autori (Persone): DianiMario <1957->; McAdamDoug
• Disciplina: 303.48/4
• Soggetti: Social movements; Social networks; Collective behavior; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Selected papers presented at a June 24-26, 2000 meeting of American and European scholars at Ross Priory on the banks of Loch Lomond.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-346) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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, 1925â€?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, 1828â€?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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.