Methods of Social Movement Research
by Bert Klandermans (Editor), Suzanne Staggenborg (Editor)
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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 show more includes a methodological discussion, examples of studies employing the method, an examination of its strengths and weaknesses, and practical guidelines for its application. show lessTags
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Bert Klandermans is Professor in Applied Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. He is the co-editor (with Jacquelien van Stekelenburg and Conny Roggeband) of The Future of Social Movement Research: Dynamics, Mechanisms, and Processes, and co-author (with Nonna Mayer) of Extreme Right Activists in Europe. Cornelis Van Stralen is retired show more Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Collective Health in the Department of Psychology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) and co-author of Psicologia Social: tica, partiipacdo politica e inclusao social (Social Psychology: Ethics, Political Participation and Social Inclusion). show less
Suzanne Staggenborg is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the coeditor, with Bert Klandermans, of Methods of Social Movement Research (2002) and the authors of Gender, Family, and Social Movements (1997) and The Pro-Choice Movement (OUP, 1991).
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