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Methods of Social Movement Research
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.
Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective
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Lone Star Rising
From the antiwar movement to Robert Caro's recent book, LBJ has been denounced as the self-serving villian of American politics. But the truth, as Bancroft prize-winner Robert Dallek writes in this unequalled account of Johnson's life, was far more complex--and far more interesting. Based on seven years of research in over 450 manuscript collections and oral histories, as well as numerous personal interviews, this first book in a monumental two-volume biography portrays the full richness of this fascinating, contradictory, larger-than-life personality--an unrivalled master of ruthless, backroom politics who pushed a whole new range of civil rights and social welfare legislation through Congress. Far from whitewashing LBJ's actions, Dallek provides new material on his manipulations as well as a new understanding of his obsession with being on top--even as he shows how Johnson was both the product of a thoroughly corrupt political environment and truly concerned throughout his career for the poor and underprivileged. Ranging from LBJ's childhood through his brilliant reign as Senate majority leader, this book offers an unrivalled look at the man de Gaulle called America's real face.
International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration Volume 1
This is the first volume of a four-volume encyclopaedia which combines public administration and policy and contains approximately 900 articles by over 300 specialists. This Volume covers entries from A to C. It covers all of the core concepts, terms and processes of applied behavioural science, budgeting, comparative public administration, develo
Accessing the Public Sphere
This edited volume focuses on the (un)equal access to the public space granted to the various groups that make up hybrid and multicultural societies: i.e. majority vs minority groups, immigrants vs non-immigrants, and so forth. With ‘access to public space’ the authors refer not only to participation through discursive practices in the public arena (e.g. political, social and institutional debates) but also to a full operationalization of the knowledge, habits and opportunities attached to true citizenship. Furthermore, in contexts of inequality and sociocultural conflict, the role of mediators has always been underscored as third-party figures (in)formally acknowledged and authorized–...
Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology
The Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology presents the current state of knowledge in comparative sociology for students, scholars, and the educated lay public. The major aim of comparative sociological research is to identify similarities and differences among societies, studying variation across both geographical regions and historical periods. This volume is divided into six broad categories: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Comparing Societies, Comparative Historical Sociology, Comparing Institutions and Social Structures, Comparing Social Processes, Comparing Nation States and World Regions, and Biographies of Exemplary Comparative Sociologists. Nearly 60 essays written b...
Women in Politics
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