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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 37 Citations 26,072 127 World Ranking 3331 National Ranking 1699

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Politics

Mayer N. Zald mainly investigates Social movement, Resource mobilization, Social change, Political economy and New social movements. His research integrates issues of Social science, Framing and Ideology in his study of Social movement. His study looks at the relationship between Ideology and fields such as Media studies, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Social change, Social position, Contradiction, Control and Contingency is strongly linked to Public relations. His studies in Political economy integrate themes in fields like Insurgency and Bureaucracy. His biological study deals with issues like Social movement theory, which deal with fields such as Social relation, Social network and Political opportunity.

His most cited work include:

  • Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory (4366 citations)
  • Comparative perspectives on social movements : political opportunities, mobilizing structures, and cultural framings (2555 citations)
  • The Trend of Social Movements in America: Professionalization and Resource Mobilization (649 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social movement, Political economy, Social science, Politics and Resource mobilization. Mayer N. Zald works on Social movement which deals in particular with New social movements. Mayer N. Zald focuses mostly in the field of New social movements, narrowing it down to topics relating to Social movement theory and, in certain cases, Social movement organization.

His research on Political economy also deals with topics like

  • Economic system which is related to area like Welfare state,
  • Bureaucracy which is related to area like Insurgency. His Politics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Media studies, Framing and Public administration. His Social change study incorporates themes from Social relation and Public relations.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social movement (38.40%)
  • Political economy (27.20%)
  • Social science (24.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1999-2012)?

  • Social movement (38.40%)
  • Social science (24.00%)
  • Politics (17.60%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Social movement, Social science, Politics, Political economy and Resource mobilization. His study in New social movements and Social movement theory is carried out as part of his studies in Social movement. Mayer N. Zald has included themes like Globalization and Field in his New social movements study.

His Social science study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Media studies and Organizational theory. The various areas that Mayer N. Zald examines in his Politics study include Institutional theory, Gender studies, Body of knowledge and Public administration. His work is dedicated to discovering how Resource mobilization, Social change are connected with Public relations, Organizational innovation, Economy and Civil society and other disciplines.

Between 1999 and 2012, his most popular works were:

  • Globalizations and Social Movements: Culture, Power, and the Transnational Public Sphere (233 citations)
  • Ideologically Structured Action: An Enlarged Agenda for Social Movement Research (177 citations)
  • COVERT POLITICAL CONFLICT IN ORGANIZATIONS: Challenges from Below (161 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Politics

His primary areas of investigation include Social movement, Political economy, Public relations, Resource mobilization and Politics. He combines subjects such as Social science, Action and Ideology with his study of Social movement. His study in the fields of Framing under the domain of Social science overlaps with other disciplines such as Social identity theory.

His work deals with themes such as Collective action, Social psychology and Social movement theory, which intersect with Political economy. His Resource mobilization research focuses on New social movements and how it connects with Social change. His Politics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Institutional theory and Body of knowledge.

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Best Publications

Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory

John David McCarthy;Mayer N. Zald.
American Journal of Sociology (1977)

10165 Citations

Comparative perspectives on social movements : political opportunities, mobilizing structures, and cultural framings

Dough McAdam;John D McCarthy;Mayer N Zald.
Published in <b>1996</b> in Cambridge by Cambridge university press (1996)

2664 Citations

The Trend of Social Movements in America: Professionalization and Resource Mobilization

John D. McCarthy;Mayer N. Zald.
(1977)

2036 Citations

Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements

Carol M. Mueller;Doug McAdam;John D. McCarthy;Mayer N. Zald.
Contemporary Sociology (1997)

982 Citations

Social Movement Organizations: Growth, Decay and Change

Mayer N. Zald;Roberta Ash.
Social Forces (1966)

954 Citations

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.
(1996)

949 Citations

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

Doug McAdam;John D. McCarthy;Mayer N. Zald.
(1999)

678 Citations

The Power and Functions of Boards of Directors: A Theoretical Synthesis'

Mayer N. Zald.
American Journal of Sociology (1969)

501 Citations

Social Movements in an Organizational Society.

John Wilson;Mayer N. Zald;John D. McCarthy.
Social Forces (1989)

480 Citations

The political economy of public organizations

Gary L. Wamsley;Mayer N. Zald.
(1973)

478 Citations

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