New Books On Collective Behavior
Collective Behavior
The
Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom
Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations. - JAMES SUROWIECKI, ERIK SINGER
Introduction
to Collective Behavior and Collective Action Book by David L. Miller
Social
Movements and Networks: Relational Approaches to Collective Action (Comparative Politics)
Book by Mario Diani, Doug McAdam (Editors)
Collective
Behavior Book by David A. Locher
Collective
Violence Book by Steven E. Barkan, Lynne L. Snowden
The
Social Mind : Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal Behavior Book by
Joseph P. Forgas (Editor), Kipling D. Williams (Editor), Ladd Wheeler (Editor)
Reviews:
Introduction
to Collective Behavior and Collective Action Book by David L. Miller
Over the last half-century, the field of collective behavior and collective action has
generated some of the most innovative research methods in sociology. Now titled
Introduction to Collective Behavior and Collective Action, provides the first systematic
overview of collective action theory and research written at the undergraduate level. It
is also the first to offer a side-by-side presentation of collective behavior and
collective action theories, providing clarity of presentation and aiding in comparison and
discussion of the two perspectives. The text covers traditional topics in addition to a
strong and detailed treatment of protest and social movements.
Social
Movements and Networks: Relational Approaches to Collective Action (Comparative Politics)
Book by Mario Diani, Doug McAdam - For the first time leading social movement researchers
map the full range of applications of network concepts and tools to their field of
inquiry. They illustrate how networks affect individual contributions to collective action
in both democratic and non-democratic organizations; how patterns of inter-organizational
linkages affect the circulation of resources both within movement milieus and between
movement organizations and the political system; how network concepts and techniques may
improve our grasp of the relationship between movements and elites, of the configuration
of alliance and conflict structures, of the clustering of episodes of contention in
protest cycles.Social Movements and Networks casts new light on our understanding of
social movements and cognate social and political processes.
Collective
Behavior Book by David A. Locher
Employing a relaxed, readable writing style, David Locher illustrates all the major
sociological perspectives and theories of collective behavior and classical social
movements. The book provides a comprehensive and balanced examination of the field and
provides recent examples that encourage readers to evaluate different perspectives and
think for themselves. Addresses the study of collective behavior, theory, categories of
collective behavior, an analysis of modern episodes of collective behavior and social
movements. For those curious about collective behavior.
Employing a relaxed, readable writing style, David Locher illustrates all the major
sociological perspectives and theories of collective behavior and classical social
movements. The book provides a comprehensive and balanced examination of the field and
provides recent examples that encourage readers to evaluate different perspectives and
think for themselves. Addresses the study of collective behavior, theory, categories of
collective behavior, an analysis of modern episodes of collective behavior and social
movements. For those curious about collective behavior.
Collective
Violence Book by Steven E. Barkan, Lynne L. Snowden
Cults, terrorists, genocide, rebellion: these words are common in various media sources,
and they represent group behavior which few people understand or can respond to
effectively. Collective Violence discusses and analyzes this behavior through the eyes of
social change researchers and theorists. Collective Violence defines a new subfield in the
study of collective behavior and social movements, focusing on the characteristics,
history, and structure of violent groups.
Collective Violence teaches readers how to understand violent group behavior on the only
level at which it can be controlled, at the group level. This book looks at the actual
signposts that might be used to predict whether or not a group of activists or a local
community grass-roots movement is likely to use violence to achieve its goals.
Some solutions come from within a society as a result of seemingly spontaneous creativity,
while others are consciously pursued by organized groups. The authors contend that these
violent behaviors do not spring from madness, perversion, or intentional criminality; they
begin in the roots of everyday life and mundane issues; and the people who commit these
deeds are normal people who become convinced that a time for taking matters into their own
hands has come.
The
Social Mind : Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal Behavior Book by
Joseph P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams, Ladd Wheeler (Editors) Effective social interaction
requires sophisticated mental and motivational strategies. The Social Mind reviews and
integrates recent psychological research on the relationship between people's thoughts and
motives--their "social mind" -- and their interpersonal strategies. The research
shows that success in personal relationships, group behavior and strategic interaction are
all significantly influenced by how individuals interpret and explain the social world
around them.
Theories of collective behavior and classical social movements
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