Social Movements and Networks
Relational Approaches to Collective Action
Edited by Mario Diani and Doug McAdam
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Social movements, contentious actions, and social networks: 'from metaphor to substance'?, Mario Diani
Part I. Individual networks
2. Social Networks Matter. But How?, Florence Passy
3. Movement development and organizational networks: The role of 'single members' in the German Nazi party, 1925-1930, Helmut Anheier
Part II. Interorganizational networks
4. Networks in opposition: Linking organizations through activists in the Polish People's Republic, Maryjane Osa
5. 'Leaders' or brokers? Positions and influence in social movement networks, Mario Diani
6. Community embeddedness and collaborative governance in the San Francisco Bay Area environmental movement, Christopher Ansell
Part III. Networking the political process
7. Contentious connections in Great Britain, 1828-1834, Charles Tilly and Lesley J. Wood
8. Networks, diffusion, and cycles of collective action, Pamela Oliver and Daniel Myers
9. Movement in context: Thick networks and Japanese environmental protest, Jeffrey Broadbent
Part IV. Theories of networks, movements, and collective action
10. Why do networks matter? Rationalist and structuralist interpretations, Roger Gould
11. Cross-talk in movements: Reconceiving the culture-network link, Ann Mische
12. Beyond structural analysis: toward a more dynamic understanding of social movements, Doug McAdam
13. Networks and social movements: A research programme, Mario Diani