Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action. Edited by Aseem Prakash and Mary Kay Gugerty. (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. E6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Murdie
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Cambridge University

Fear of Enemies and Collective Action. By Ioannis D. Evrigenis. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 256p. $85.00.

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-167
Author(s):  
Ivan Ermakoff
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
History Of Political Thought ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Inflection Points ◽  
History Of ◽  
Positive Knowledge

This book may be read from two complementary and enlightening perspectives: as a history of political thought centered on the role played by fear in group formation, and as a theoretical treatise on “negative association,” that is, collective action based on a principle of identification in opposition to others. Both perspectives sustain each other. The first draws attention to a rich and insightful reinterpretation of classical and lesser-known texts. The peculiarity of this history of political thought is that it records not inflection points but continuity and resilience. The second perspective is intended to bring about positive knowledge. This conflation of genres is an appealing facet of the book. In tracing a continuity of thought, Ioannis Evrigenis purports to demonstrate the validity of a theoretical claim about the centrality of negative association. By the same token, the historical exposé lays bare the set of premises that sustains the claim.

scholarly journals Networked publics and the organizing of collective action on Twitter: Examining the #Freebassel campaign

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Wang ◽  
Kar-Hai Chu
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
News Media ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Sharing Patterns ◽  
Networked Publics

This study applied collective action theories and network theories to examine the information sharing patterns among Twitter users to obtain sociopolitical legitimacy of their collective goal. The role of Twitter in facilitating private–public boundary crossing was defined in relation to main challenges of collective action. The hypotheses and research question were examined using Twitter data collected from an online campaign, which was created to bring about the release of a detained Syrian activist. Network analysis results showed significant geographic homophily effect, that is, participants located in the same region tended to share information with each other. In addition, the results indicated that more influential Twitter users tended to connect with less influential users to help spread information on the movement. Further content analysis showed that to better mobilize potential collective action participants, Twitter users utilized strategies to draw attention from citizen news media organizations, nonprofit advocacy organizations, public figures, and corporations.

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