Since the inauguration of Donald Trump, there has been substantial and ongoing protest
against the Administration. Street demonstrations are some of the most visible forms of …

The paper presents a critical review of selected simulation models including (1) flow
based,(2) cellular automata,(3) agent-based, and (4) activity-based models, as well as of …

Crowd behavior is one of the most colorful but least understood forms of human social
behavior. This volume is a major contribution to the field of collective behavior, with …

First published in 1983, this extraordinary study provides a comprehensive systematic
evaluation of cross-national theorizing and quantitative empirical evidence on four …

Popular opinion suggests protest has become ubiquitous in advanced postindustrial
democracies. In order to assess this perspective scholars have increasingly relied on so …

Given the recent focus on the challenges to representative democracy, and the search for
new institutions and procedures that can help to channel increasing participation, this book …

Crowd and evacuation management have been active areas of research and study in the
recent past. Various developments continue to take place in the process of efficient …

The authors provide a set of criteria and procedures for systematically observing and
recording collective action across temporary gatherings such as political demonstrations …

Si les formes et les ressorts de l'action collective commencent à être mieux connus, les
individus qui manifestent—acteurs des démonstrations de rue—n'ont guère fait l'objet …

Mainstream social movement studies have generally focused on macro and mesolevel
analyses. Researchers have theorized about social movements as a whole, identity …