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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 includes a methodological discussion, examples of studies employing the method, an examination of its strengths and weaknesses, and practical guidelines for its application.
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Methods of Social Movement Research, Bert Klandermans, Suzanne Staggenborg
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Methods of Social Movement Research
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bert Klandermans, Suzanne Staggenborg
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Released
- 2002
- ISBN10
- 0816635951
- ISBN13
- 9780816635955
- Category
- Social sciences
- Description
- 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.