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Dynamics of Contention
- Francesca Polletta, D. Mcadam, S. Tarrow, C. Tilly
- Political Science, Sociology
- 1 September 2002
Part I. What's the Problem?: 1. What are they shouting about 2. Lineaments of contention 3. Comparisons, mechanisms, and episodes Part II. Tentative Solutions: 4. Mobilizations in comparative… Expand
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
- D. Mcadam
- Sociology, Political Science
- 1982
In this classic work of sociology, Doug McAdam presents a political-process model that explains the rise and decline of the black protest movement in the United States. Moving from theoretical… Expand
Toward a General Theory of Strategic Action Fields*
- N. Fligstein, D. Mcadam
- Psychology, Sociology
- 3 January 2010
In recent years there has been an outpouring of work at the intersection of social movement studies and organizational theory. While we are generally in sympathy with this work, we think it implies a… Expand
A Theory of Fields
- N. Fligstein, D. Mcadam
- Political Science
- 2012
Chapter 1: The Gist of It Introduction - The Central Elements of the Theory - Other Perspectives - Conclusion Chapter 2: Micro-Foundations Introduction - Meaning and Membership - The Collective as… Expand
Tactical Innovation and the Pace of Insurgency
- D. Mcadam
- Political Science
- 1 December 1983
The pace of black insurgency between 1955 and 1970 is analyzed as a function of an ongoing process of tactical interaction between movement forces and southern segregationists. Given a political… Expand
Dynamics of Contention
For nearly a decade now, academic social movement studies have been shaped by the organizing efforts and conceptual frameworking of the three authors of the present book. Beginning in the early… Expand
Civil Society Reconsidered: The Durable Nature and Community Structure of Collective Civic Action1
- Robert J. Sampson, D. Mcadam, H. Macindoe, Simón Weffer-Elizondo
- Sociology
- American Journal of Sociology
- 1 November 2005
This article develops a conceptual framework on civil society that shifts the dominant focus on individuals to collective action events—civic and protest alike—that bring people together in public to… Expand
Putting Social Movements in their Place: Explaining Opposition to Energy Projects in the United States, 2000-2005
1. From Copernicus to Ptolemy and (hopefully) back again 2. Comparing communities 'at risk' for mobilization 3. Explaining variation in the level of opposition to energy projects 4. Does opposition… Expand
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