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57
Citations
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World Ranking
1697
National Ranking
812

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Doug McAdam is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of social sciences, with a focused expertise in sociology and political science. McAdam's work addresses various topics including political conflict and governance, social and cultural dynamics, contemporary sociological theory and practice, and dimensions of race, history, and American society.

The scientist has contributed to the understanding of electoral systems and political participation, American political and social dynamics, and American history and culture. Their scholarly output includes publications in several key venues, with a majority appearing in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Other publication venues include Mobilization An International Quarterly and the Journal of Economic Sociology.

Recent scholarly papers authored by Doug McAdam include:

  • "PREDICTING THE ONSET, EVOLUTION, AND POSTGRADUATE IMPACT OF COLLEGE ACTIVISM*", 2022, published in Mobilization An International Quarterly
  • "Political Process Theory", 2022, published in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  • "Tactical Interaction and Innovation", 2022, published in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

Among frequent coauthors collaborating with McAdam are:

  • Jonas Toubøl
  • Hjalmar Bang Carlsen
  • David A. Snow
  • Donatella della Porta
  • Sidney Tarrow

The research topics covered throughout McAdam's career include:

  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Race, History, and American Society
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • American Political and Social Dynamics
  • American History and Culture

McAdam has been acknowledged in the academic community with awards including the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003 and the Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1984.

Best Publications

  • Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970

    Doug McAdam

  • Dynamics of Contention

    Doug McAdam;Sidney G. Tarrow;Charles Tilly

  • A Theory of Fields

    Neil Fligstein;Doug McAdam

  • Recruitment to high-risk activism: The case of Freedom Summer.

    Doug McAdam

  • Toward a General Theory of Strategic Action Fields

    Neil Fligstein;Doug McAdam

  • Specifying the Relationship Between Social Ties and Activism

    Doug McAdam;Ronnelle Paulsen

  • Tactical Innovation and the Pace of Insurgency

    Doug McAdam

  • Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements: Introduction: Opportunities, mobilizing structures, and framing processes – toward a synthetic, comparative perspective on social movements

    Doug McAdam;John D. McCarthy;Mayer N. Zald

  • Social Movements and Networks

    Mario Diani;Doug McAdam

  • Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements

    Carol M. Mueller;Doug McAdam;John D. McCarthy;Mayer N. Zald

  • Social Movements and Networks: Relational Approaches to Collective Action

    Mario Diani;Doug McAdam

  • From contention to democracy

    Marco Giugni;Doug McAdam;Charles Tilly

  • How Social Movements Matter

    Marco Giugni;Doug Mcadam;Charles Tilly

  • Movimientos sociales, perspectivas comparadas: oportunidades políticas, estructuras de movilización y marcos interpretativos culturales

    Doug McAdam;John D. McCarthy;Mayer N. Zald

  • Social movements and the changing structure of political opportunity in the European union 1

    Gary Marks;Doug McAdam

  • Organizations and Movements

    Doug McAdam;W. Richard Scott

  • THE BIOGRAPHICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIVISM

    Doug McAdam

  • Civil Society Reconsidered: The Durable Nature and Community Structure of Collective Civic Action

    Robert J. Sampson;Doug McAdam;Heather MacIndoe;Simón Weffer‐Elizondo

  • The Cross-National Diffusion of Movement Ideas:

    Doug McADAM;Dieter Rucht

  • THE WAR AT HOME: ANTIWAR PROTESTS AND CONGRESSIONAL VOTING, 1965 TO 1973

    Doug Mcadam;Yang Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Mayer N. Zald
Mayer N. Zald University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John D. Kasarda
John D. Kasarda University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David A. Snow
David A. Snow University of California, Irvine
Robert J. Sampson
Robert J. Sampson Harvard University
Mario Diani
Mario Diani University of Trento
Arturo Escobar
Arturo Escobar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sarah A. Soule
Sarah A. Soule Stanford University

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