For some years, the field of research on social movements has undergone fundamental changes. This is due above all to the internet and social media platforms that have become an integral part of the emergence, organization and mobilization of protest. This article examines the role which these...

Manekin and Mitts (2022) investigate the success chances of minority ethnic groups when engaging in non-violent protests demanding political change. First, using observational data, the authors find that the success rate for nonviolent campaign tactics is lower for excluded/minority ethnic...

Discourse about Islam often occupy very strategic place in global politics, in whatever spectrum it is viewed. It often draws spectacular global attention especially the aspect of its rallying capability for collective action irrespective of the entrenched sectarian differences. Relying on...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of urban social movements in addressing urban poverty, particularly the poverty experienced by the chronic (or long-term) poor in Southern towns and cities. After a Summary and Introduction, the substantive discussion begins in Section Two...

This paper theoretically investigates how community approval or disapprovalaects school attendance and child labor and how aggregate behavior of thecommunity feeds back towards the formation and persistence of an anti- (or pro-)schooling norm. The proposed community-model continues to take...

Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird rationales Herdenverhalten anhand der Informationskaskadenmodelle sowie der Reputationsmodelle (Prinzipal-Agent-Kontext bei Existenz relativer Leistungsbewertung) analysiert. Im Bereich der Theorie wird die Frage beantwortet, welche Annahmen unverzichtbar sind für...