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The diffusion of social movements : actors, mechanisms, and political effects /

"It is widely recognized that social movements may spread - or "diffuse"--One site to another. Such diffusion, however, is a complex and multidimensional process that involves different actors, networks, and mechanisms. This complexity has spawned a large body of literature on differe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Givan, Rebecca Kolins, 1975-, Roberts, Kenneth M., 1958-, Soule, Sarah Anne, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The dimensions of diffusion / Rebecca Kolins Givan, Sarah A. Soule, and Kenneth M. Roberts Part I
  • Diffusion and the framing of contentious politics:
  • Transnational networks and institutions: how diffusion shaped the politicization of sexual harassment in Europe / Conny Roggeband;
  • Temporality and frame diffusion: the case of the creationist/intelligent design and evolutionist movements from 1925-2005 / James E. Stobaugh and David A. Snow;
  • Framing labor's new human rights movement / Lance Compa; dtFraming the GMO: epistemic brokers, authoritative knowledge and diffusion of opposition to biotechnology / Ronald J. Herring Part II
  • Mechanisms of diffusion:
  • Dialogue matters: beyond the transmission model of transnational diffusion between social movements / Sean Chabot;
  • The diffusion of different types of internet activism: suggestive patterns in website adoption of innovations / Jennifer Earl and Katrina Kimport;
  • Transnational networks, diffusion dynamics, and electoral change in the postcommunist world / Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik;
  • Diffusing the rumor bomb 'John Kerry is French' i.e., haughty, foppish, elitist, socialist, cowardly and gay / Jayson Harsin Part III
  • Diffusion, scale shift, and organizational change:
  • From protest to organization: the impact of the 1960 sit-ins on movement organizations in the American South / Michael Biggs and Kenneth T. Andrews;
  • Dynamics of diffusion: mechanisms, institutions, and scale shift / Sidney Tarrow.