1st Edition

Theory of Collective Behaviour

Edited By Neil J. Smelser Copyright 1962
448 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

This is Volume XVII of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. First published in 1962, this study offers a theoretical synthesis of collective behavior.

PREFACE I ANALYZING COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR II BASIC CONCEPTS: THE COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL ACTION III STRUCTURAL STRAIN UNDERLYING COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR IV THE NATURE OF COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR V THE CREATION OF GENERALIZED BELIEFS VI THE PANIC VII THE CRAZE VIII THE HOSTILE OUTBURST IX THE NORM-ORIENTED MOVEMENT X THE VALUE-ORIENTED MOVEMENT XI CONCLUDING REMARKS

Biography

Neil J. Smelser, Berkeley, California