
Social Networks and Social Movements
Contentious Connections
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 28. November 2014
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-1-138-83241-1 (ISBN)
Description
The concept of networks and the techniques of social network analysis have each assumed increasing importance in social science in recent years, not least in relation to the analysis of collective action and particularly social movements. This timely collection offers a fascinating glimpse into the state of the art. Each chapter uses network analysis to tackle a different question regarding the nature and dynamics of social movement activity, and each reflects upon the advantages and limitations of the method for its purposes. The case studies focused upon are drawn from a variety of national contexts, both contemporary and historical, and both the methods used and the uses to which they are put are no less diverse. A must have book for anybody interested in social movement networks and contemporary ways of analysing them.
This book was published as a special issue of Social Movement Studies.
This book was published as a special issue of Social Movement Studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-83241-1 (9781138832411)
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Persons
Nick Crossley is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. His most recent book is 'Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion: the punk and post-punk worlds of Manchester, London, Liverpool and Sheffield, 1975-1980 (Manchester University Press, 2015).
John Krinsky is Associate Professor and Departmental Chair, Department of Political Science, City College of New York. His publications include Free Labor: Workfare and the Contested Language of Neoliberalism (University of Chicago Press, 2007).
John Krinsky is Associate Professor and Departmental Chair, Department of Political Science, City College of New York. His publications include Free Labor: Workfare and the Contested Language of Neoliberalism (University of Chicago Press, 2007).
Content
1. Social Movements and Social Networks: Introduction 2. Do Social Networks Really Matter in Contentious Politics? 3. Infectious Innovations? The Diffusion of Tactical Innovation in Social Movement Networks, the Case of Suffragette Militancy 4. Change in Covert Social Movement Networks: The 'Inner Circle' of the Provisional Irish Republican Army 5. Networks of Contention: The Shape of Online Transnationalism in Early Twenty-First Century Social Movement Coalitions 6. Anatomy of Protest in the Digital Era: A Network Analysis of Twitter and Occupy Wall Street 7. Who are the active and central actors in the 'rising civil society' in Mexico? 8. Beyond the Activist Ghetto: A Deductive Blockmodelling Approach to Understanding the Relationship between Contact with Environmental Organisations and Public Attitudes and Behaviour