New generation of social movement students

[calamaria]

While lurking this site, I found many guys are interested in social movements.

Yeap, Me too! Ive studied the organizational aspects of social movement, so-called SMOs. I use quant.

Let's roll call.

[socspice]

Women also appear to be interested in social movements.

[MashaMashaMasha]

Present! (also a woman, although I assume what the OP meant was "many of you guys")

[RefurbedScientist]

Me too. What are your interests more specifically? Any super-hero SoMo scholars you admire?

[calamaria]

I am mainly interested in ecological topics of social movement organizations (SMOs), such as founding, disbanding, and merger. I'd rather say that It's relatively theoretical topic than substantial one.

Here I left some links regarding my area:

1. Walker, Edward T. John D. McCarthy and Frank Baumgartner. 2011. “Replacing Members with Managers? Mutualism among Membership and Nonmembership Advocacy Organizations in the United States.” American Journal of Sociology 116:1284-337.

http://www.unc.edu/~fbaum/articles/AJS-2011-membership.pdf

2. Schofer, Evan and Wesley Longhofer. 2011. The Structural Sources of Association. American Journal of Sociology 117(2):539-85.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/10.1086/661593.pdf

or (if you are not an institutional user)

http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~schofer/public_files/SchoferLonghoferStructuralSourcesOfAssociation.pdf

@socspice and Masha(x3), You interested in women's movement? I guess many sociologists study women's movements and this area will be larger and larger, given the the growing proportion of female sociologists.

@socialgroovement, From your id and rainbow flag, I expect you are definitely interested in somo You study LGBT issues and minority movement?

Hope we four see each other at a conference sometime (even though we don't recognize).

[calamaria]

@SocingHxC. Awesome, both of us are interested in quant approach to social movement! I guess outcomes will be also interesting.

[MashaMashaMasha]

@socspice and Masha(x3), You interested in women's movement? I guess many sociologists study women's movements and this area will be larger and larger, given the the growing proportion of female sociologists.

Not academically! I am interested in contemporary opposition movements in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Intersecting interests: Political Soc, Demography (Migration, particularly).

[calamaria]

Hey, if you know some good books or articles regarding the 2011 Arab Spring, please suggest me any reading materials about this issue.

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

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[calamaria]

@Groovement. Thank you a lot! I was so new with the Arab Spring issues that your links are very helpful!

@TSISV. You attend UND! Hope we meet at a conference or at the McCarthy Award Meeting sometime.

[SocingHxC]

<----- Also interested in social movements

Finally... I was waiting for you, SLUM!!!

[herbertmarcuse]

Anyone ever heard of ATTAC?

[Karlito]

Yes! An interesting movement, too bad it is not represented in the US.