This paper develops a theoretical framework for understanding social movements as
interrelated sets of diffusion processes. It first explains why such a conception is broadly …

The concept of diffusion is widely used by social scientists to refer to the spread of some
innovation through direct or indirect channels across members of a social system (Rogers …

Social movement studies have traditionally stressed conflict as a dynamic element in our
societies. Social movements are conflictual not only because of their stakes, but also …

The notion that social movements hang together or cluster in some fashion is a relatively old
one in the literature. The concept of general social movement, initially coined by Blumer …

There is now a substantial literature on the diffusion of protest events, tactics, identities, and
frames between locations and among movements. This paper asks how the patterns …

This chapter discusses the insights yielded by studies examining inter‐and intra‐movement
diffusion, with an eye toward understanding what diffuses, through which channels, and the …

The dynamics of social movements after their initial emergence is still largely terra incognita.
I develop a theory of the dynamics of protest waves by comparing data on protests in West …

Studies of diffusion have a long‐standing history within the social sciences. Recent
concurrent political uprisings within the mid‐East and the global spread of the Occupy …

Scholars of social movements and collective behavior recognize that political protest and
collective violence occur in waves and cycles. Nevertheless, work focusing on the dynamic …

One of the earliest and most important lessons a student of social movements must learn is
that there is no simple relationship between injustice and mobilization. Injustice is much …