296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
265 Pages
by
Routledge
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Crowd behavior is one of the most colorful but least understood forms of human social behavior. This volume is a major contribution to the field of collective behavior, with implications for social movement analysis. McPhail's critical assessment of the major theories of crowd behavior establishes that, whatever their particular limitations and strengths, all share a general and serious flaw:... Read more
1: Creating the Myth: LeBon; Park; Blumer; 2: Perpetuating the Myth: Allport; Miller and Dollard; 3: Challenging the Myth: Sherif; Turner and Killian; 4: Moving Beyond the Myth: Couch; Berk; Tilly; and Lofland; 5: What Phenomena Are to be Explained?; 6: Elements of an Explanation
Biography
Clark McPhail
