Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Intro:
Collective Behavior
A. Crowds
B. Level of organization, spontaneity and violence: Mobs, Riots, and Protest.
C. Explaining Crowd Behavior
1.Contagion Theory
2.Convergence Theory
3.Emergent-Norm Theory
Social Movements
A. Types of Social Movements
B. Explaining Social Movements
1.Deprivation Theory
2.Mass-Society Theory
3.Structural-Strain Theory
4.Resource-Mobilization Theory
5.New Social Movements Theory