Mario Diani and Doug McAdam (eds) 2003
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- Mario Diani. “Introduction: Social movements, contentious actions, and social networks: ‘from metaphor to substance’?” An overview. Distinguishes networks of individuals, organizations, and events.
- Florence Passy. “Social Networks Matter. But How?” A good theoretical overview. Three functions of networks: structural connection, socialization, decision. Survey data on members of two organizations (Bern Declaration, World Wildlife Fund), relation between networks and intensity of participation. Similar theory to Mobilization article on the same topic.
- Helmut K. Anheier. “Movement Development and Organizational Networks: the Role of “Single Members” in the German Nazi Party, 1925-30″ Detailed empirical analysis of the characteristics and network linkages of Nazis who were not members of chapters.
- Maryjane Osa. “Networks in Opposition: Linking Organizations Through Activists in the Polish People’s Republic.” Similar to Mobilization article. Interesting. Contrasts civil society approaches with network approaches. Maps the changing networks of inter-organizational linkages across time. Challenges some common explanations for Solidarity. Catholic networks important, mobilization peaks when the network linkages are most complex.
- Mario Diani. “Leaders or Brokers? Position and Influence in Social Movement Networks.” Measures of network centrality and of brokerage in Milan environmental networks, showing how each characteristic taps a different dimension of relationship between organizations. Leadership involves centrality, resources, and ability to link personally to other organizations. Brokerage provides the connective structure of a movement, and the brokerage ability of an organization is related to its creation of a neutral space.
- Chris Ansell. ‘Community Embeddedness and Collaborative Governance in the San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Movement’. A descriptive analysis based on a survey of environmental organizations.
- Charles Tilly and Lesley Wood.. Contentious Connections in Great Britain, 1828-1834 . Sketches historical context, then compares three regions in their mix of event types (from event-oriented newspaper data), then an analysis of the relations among types of actors, types of claims, types of actions
- Pamela E. Oliver & Daniel J. Myers “Networks, Diffusion, and Cycles of Collective Action.” This chapter clarifies the relation between diffusion and networks, distinguishes three types of network processes (communicating of information, influence processes, and joint action), and provides some examples of formal models for each of these.
- Jeffrey Broadbent. “Movement in Context: Thick Networks and Japanese Environmental Protest.” Argues that social structure has two dimensions: (1) Malleability, extent to which the mix of patterns can vary (a kind of structure/agency axis), and (2) Tangibility, extent to which structures have material components (e.g. coercion) in additional to cultural; 3×3 table p. 208. Agues that clashing and contradictory structures & cultural codes created different possibilities for action.
- Roger Gould. “Why do Networks Matter? Rationalist and Structuralist Interpretations.” Takes on the question for why it is that network ties promote collective action. Has a nice formal argument for why social ties cannot act as an “incentive,” which is basically that threatening your friend that you’ll stop being friends if s/he won’t do what you want effectively destroys friendship. Instead, argues that what joint action does is to add something to friendship by giving it an additional dimension.
- Ann Mische Cross-talk in Movements: Reconceiving the Culture network Link After general introduction about networks and emphasis on multidimensionality of relationships, the core of the chapter is on dimensions of talk/discourse by movements which link to networks. Basically how groups create ties between groups in how they talk.
- Doug McAdam Beyond Structural Analysis: Toward a More Dynamic Understanding of Social Movements. A call for a focus on mechanisms.
- Mario Diani. Networks and social movements: A research program. Core of discussion is different network structures (clique, policephalous, centralized nonsegemented wheel/star, segmented decentralized) as types of movements, and some discussion of multiple linkages & changes over time.