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43
Citations
24401
World Ranking
4239
National Ranking
2016

Overview

James M. Jasper is affiliated with City University of New York in the United States. The primary field of study for Jasper is Social Sciences, with particular focus on Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Political Science and International Relations, and Strategy and Management.

Their research covers several main topics including Social and Cultural Dynamics, Management and Organizational Studies, Cultural Differences and Values, Political Conflict and Governance, Populism, Right-Wing Movements, Management Theory and Practice, and Innovation and Knowledge Management.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by James M. Jasper include:

  • How Social Movements (Sometimes) Matter, 2022, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  • Stirring culture: Moral batteries and public characters in the battle over Moscow's renovation, 2022, Capital & Class

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Jan Willem Duyvendak, Анна Желнина, Brayden G King, Marco Armiero, and Ethemcan Turhan.

Jasper has published in various venues such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Strategic Organization, Capital & Class, Journal of Nationalism Memory & Language Politics, and Polity.

In addition to articles, Jasper has contributed to books published by Amsterdam University Press, specifically:

  • Urban Movements and Climate Change, 2023
  • Contesting Cosmopolitan Europe, 2022

Best Publications

  • COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

    Francesca Polletta;James M. Jasper

  • The Emotions of Protest: Affective and Reactive Emotions In and Around Social Movements

    James M. Jasper

  • Emotions and Social Movements: Twenty Years of Theory and Research

    James M. Jasper

  • Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements

    Jeffrey Goodwin;James M. Jasper;Francesca Polletta

  • Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory

    Jeffrey Goodwin;James M. Jasper

  • The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements

    James M. Jasper

  • The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements

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  • Recruiting Strangers and Friends: Moral Shocks and Social Networks in Animal Rights and Anti-Nuclear Protests

    James M. Jasper;Jane D. Poulsen

  • The social movements reader : cases and concepts

    Jeffrey Goodwin;James M. Jasper

  • A Strategic Approach to Collective Action: Looking for Agency in Social-Movement Choices

    James Jasper

  • The Return of The Repressed: The Fall and Rise of Emotions in Social Movement Theory

    Jeffrey Goodwin;James M. Jasper;Francesca Polletta

  • The Animal Rights Crusade: The Growth of a Moral Protest

    James M. Jasper;Dorothy Nelkin

  • Emotional Dimensions of Social Movements

    Jeff Goodwin;James M. Jasper;Francesca Polletta

  • Introduction: Why Emotions Matter

    Jeff Goodwin;James M. Jasper;Francesca Polletta

  • Getting Your Way: Strategic Dilemmas in the Real World

    James M. Jasper

  • Emotions and Social Movements

    Jeffrey Goodwin;James M. Jasper

  • Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France

    James M. Jasper

  • Rethinking Social Movements: Structure, Meaning, and Emotion

    Jeff Goodwin;James M. Jasper

  • Social Movement Theory Today: Toward a Theory of Action?

    James M. Jasper

  • Players and Arenas: The Interactive Dynamics of Protest

    James M. Jasper;Jan Willem Duyvendak

  • Cultural Approaches in the Sociology of Social Movements

    James M. Jasper

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