Introduction to Collective Behavior and Collective Action - Softcover

Miller, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478600578 ISBN 13: 9781478600572

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2013

Synopsis

David Miller's expanded third edition makes it the definitive source on collective behavior and collective action. Up-to-date and meticulously researched, this popular volume continues to provide a systematic overview of theory and research. Each topic is meaningfully linked to the appropriate theories of collective behavior (mass hysteria, emergent-norm, and value-added perspectives) and collective action (social-behavioral interactionist, resource mobilization, and perception control perspectives). Rumor, mass hysteria, fads and fashion, UFOs, sports, migrations, disasters, riots, protest, and social movements are among the topics presented in a unique side-by-side presentation of the two disciplines. In an engaging, accessible style, Miller offers detailed discussion of classic sociological studies interspersed with intriguing modern-day examples that students will enjoy reading. His thorough topical treatment effectively reduces the need for outside readings. New to this edition: A new emphasis on the impact of social media, technology, and citizen journalism on social movements, including resource mobilization, rumor and communication, disaster response, and documentation of human rights abuses and political protest such as the Arab Spring, the Tea Party movement, and the Occupy movement. Comprehensive discussion of economic globalization, the alter-globalization movement, and transnational activism, including the strategic incapacitation approach to the policing of large global demonstrations. Insightful analysis and application of the latest egress-modeling and crowd-control computer simulations and qualitative data-analysis software. Improved graphics and new photos that enhance the author's updated treatment, and an intriguing appendix on the social psychology of George Herbert Mead by collective behavior/collective action authority and crowd behavior expert Clark McPhail

Edition details

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1478600578
• ISBN 13: 9781478600572
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 592