The Myth of the Madding Crowd

Crowd behavior is one of the most colorful but least understood forms of human social behavior. This volume is a major contribution to the field of collective behavior, with implications for social movement analysis.
McPhail's critical assessment of the major theories of crowd behavior establishes that, whatever their particular limitations and strengths, all share a general and serious flaw: their explanations were developed without prior examination of the behaviors to be explained. Drawing on a wide range of empirical studies that include his own careful field work, the author offers a new characterization of temporary gatherings. He presents a life cycle of gatherings and a taxonomy of forms of collective behavior within gatherings, as well as combinations of these forms and gatherings into larger events, campaigns and waves. McPhail also develops a new explanation for various ways in which purposive actors construct collective actions.

Table des matières

1: Creating the Myth: LeBon; Park; Blumer; 2: Perpetuating the Myth: Allport; Miller and Dollard; 3: Challenging the Myth: Sherif; Turner and Killian; 4: Moving Beyond the Myth: Couch; Berk; Tilly; and Lofland; 5: What Phenomena Are to be Explained?; 6: Elements of an Explanation

A propos de l'auteur

Clark McPhail

Résumé

Crowd behavior is one of the most colorful but least understood forms of human social behavior

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Clark Mcphail, McPhail Clark
• Collaboration: Clark Mcphail (Editeur), McPhail Clark (Editeur)
• Edition: Transaction Publishers
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.03.1991
• EAN: 9780202303758
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30375-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Thème: Social Institutions and Social Change Series
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie: général, ouvrages de référence; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Social, group or collective psychology