Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research

Sharon M. Quinsaat, University of Pittsburgh, Mobilization Journal a much-needed resource for social movement researchers looking for a book that synthesizes past and recent knowledge on each method. The authors possess hands-on expertise and the chapters provide detailed and practical advice, rather than mere theoretical wisdom.

Donatella Della Porta is professor of sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute and professor of political science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (on leave of absence). At the EUI, she has launched COSMOS (Consortium on Social Movement Studies). She is now starting a major ERC project Mobilizing for Democracy, on civil society participation in democratization processes in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. She is co-editor of the European Political Science Reviews (ECPR-Cambridge University Press). In 2011, she was the recipient of the Mattei Dogan Prize for distinguished achievements in the field of political sociology. Her main fields of research are social movements, the policing of public order, participatory democracy and political corruption.

1. Social Movement Studies and Methodological Pluralism: An Introduction ; 2. The Potentials of Grounded Theory in the Study of Social Movements ; 3. Qualitative Comparative Analysis: What It Is, What It Does, and How It Works ; 4. Triangulation in Social Movement Research ; 5. Comparative Historical Analysis ; 6. Historical Methodologies in Social Movement Research:. Historical Methodologies in Social Movement Research: Archival Research and Oral History ; 7. Participant Observation ; 8. Field Work in the Context of Violent Conflict and Authoritarian Regimes ; 9. Discourse and Frame Analysis:In-Depth Analysis of Qualitative Data in Social Movement Research ; 10. In-depth Interviews ; 11. Life Histories ; 12. Focus Groups ; 13. Surveying Protestors: Why and How ; 14. Protest Event Analysis and Its Offspring ; 15. Social Network Analysis ; 16. Methodological Practices in Social Movement Online Research ; 17. Working with Images ; 18. The Ethics of Social Movement Research