Introduction to Collective Behavior and Collective Action - Softcover

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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.

Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.

Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Goldberg, Grassroots Resistance: Social Movements in Twentieth Century America (ISBN 9780881338966) and Stewart et al., Persuasion and Social Movements, Sixth Edition (ISBN 9781577667773).

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