Methods of Social Movement Research

Klappentext Citing the critical importance of empirical work to social movement research! the editors of this volume have put together the first systematic overview of the major methods used by social movement theorists. Original chapters cover the range of techniques: surveys! formal models! discourse analysis! in-depth interviews! participant observation! case studies! network analysis! historical methods! protest event analysis! macro-organizational analysis! and comparative politics. Each chapter includes a methodological discussion! examples of studies employing the method! an examination of its strengths and weaknesses! and practical guidelines for its application.

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• Authors: Bert Klandermans, Suzanne Staggenborg
• Assisted by: Bert Klandermans (Editor), Bert (Professor of Applied Social Psychology Klandermans (Editor), Suzanne Staggenborg (Editor), Suzanne (Professor of Sociology Staggenborg (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2002
• EAN: 9780816635955
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-3595-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Series; Social Movements, Protest and Contention; Social Movements, Protest and Contention; Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology