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The problem of collective action is that each member of a group wants other members to make necessary sacrifices while he or she 'free rides', reaping the benefits of collective action without doing the work. Inevitably the end result is that no one does the work and the common interest is not realized. This book analyses the social pressure whereby groups solve the problem of collective action. The authors show that the problem of collective action requires a model of group process and cannot be deduced from simple models of individual behaviour. They employ formal mathematical models to emphasize the role of small subgroups of especially motivated individuals who form the 'critical mass' that sets collective action in motion. The book will be read with special interest by sociologists, social psychologists, economists and political scientists. It will also be of concern to those in industrial relations and communications research working on issues in collective action and rational choice.

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Are there any commonalities between such phenomena as soccer hooliganism, sabotage by peasants of landlords' property, incidents of road rage, and even the events of September 11? With striking historical scope and command of the literature of many disciplines, this book, first published in 2003, seeks the common causes of these events in collective violence. In collective violence, social interaction immediately inflicts physical damage, involves at least two perpetrators of damage, and results in part from coordination among the persons who perform the damaging acts. Professor Tilly argues that collective violence is complicated, changeable, and unpredictable in some regards, yet that it also results from similar causes variously combined in different times and places. Pinpointing the causes, combinations, and settings helps to explain collective violence and its variations, and also helps to identify the best ways to mitigate violence and create democracies with a minimum of damage to persons and property.

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This book contains the products of work carried out over four decades of research in Italy, France and the United States, and in the intellectual territory between social movements, comparative politics, and historical sociology. Using a variety of methods ranging from statistical analysis to historical case studies to linguistic analysis, the book centers on historical catalogs of protest events and cycles of collective action. Sidney Tarrow places social movements in the broader arena of contentious politics, in relation to states, political parties and other actors. From peasants and communists in 1960s Italy, to movements and politics in contemporary western polities, to the global justice movement in the new century, the book argues that contentious actors are neither outside of nor completely within politics, but rather they occupy the uncertain territory between total opposition and integration into policy.

Social change --- Political sociology --- Collective behavior --- Political sociology. --- Social action --- Social movements --- Political science --- History. --- General. --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Sociology --- Behavior, Collective --- Crowd behavior --- Crowds --- Mass behavior --- Human behavior --- Social psychology --- Social policy --- Social problems --- Sociological aspects --- Psychology --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Community organization --- Social movements --- Protest movements --- Mouvements sociaux --- Contestation --- Periodicals. --- Periodicals --- Périodiques --- Arts and Humanities --- Social Sciences --- Religion --- Society and Culture --- General and Others --- Collective behavior --- Culture --- Collective behavior. --- Social movements. --- Social sciences. --- Philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Behavior, Collective --- Crowd behavior --- Crowds --- Mass behavior --- Human behavior --- Social action --- Social psychology --- Movements, Social --- Social history --- Psychology --- Social Conditions

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Collective behavior --- History --- -Behavior, Collective --- Crowd behavior --- Crowds --- Mass behavior --- Human behavior --- Social action --- Social psychology --- Psychology --- History. --- -History --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Behavior, Collective --- Comportement collectif --- Histoire --- Sociale psychologie --- Psychologie sociale --- large public et enseignement secondaire et supérieur --- Collective behavior - History