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William A. Gamson

William A. Gamson

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

William A. Gamson was affiliated with Boston College in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily focused on the fields of Social Sciences, with particular attention to subfields including Sociology and Political Science as well as Political Science and International Relations.

Their research addressed topics such as Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Political Philosophy and Ethics, and Social and Cultural Dynamics. Gamson's contributions are represented in several recent publications, notably in "The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements."

  • Injustice Frames (2022) - The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  • Social Control Errors (2022) - The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

Throughout their career, Gamson collaborated with multiple co-authors, including Amy Aronson, Sarah Cowan, Zelda Gamson, Ellen G. Levine, and Stephen K. Levine. These collaborations are documented by the frequency of joint publications.

Gamson's academic presence is notably recorded in the publication venue "The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements," where they had at least two authored works.

Among fellowships and recognitions, William A. Gamson was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002. Earlier, in 1978, they were selected as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power: A Constructionist Approach

    William A. Gamson;Andre Modigliani

  • Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics

    Sidney G. Tarrow

  • The strategy of social protest

    William A. Gamson

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

    Dough McAdam;John D McCarthy;Mayer N Zald

  • Media Images and the Social Construction of Reality

    William A. Gamson;David Croteau;William Hoynes;Theodore Sasson

  • Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States

    Myra Marx Ferree;William Anthony Gamson;Jürgen Gerhards;Dieter Rucht

  • Movements and Media as Interacting Systems

    William A. Gamson;Gadi Wolfsfeld

  • Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements: Framing political opportunity

    William A. Gamson;David S. Meyer

  • Power and discontent

    William A. Gamson

  • A theory of coalition formation

    William A. Gamson

  • Encounters with unjust authority

    Bruce Fireman;William A. Gamson;Steve Rytina;Bruce Taylor

  • Four models of the public sphere in modern democracies

    Myra Marx Ferree;William A. Gamson;Jürgen Gerhards;Dieter Rucht

  • The social psychology of collective action.

    William A. Gamson

  • Utilitarian Logic in the Resource Mobilization Perspective

    Bruce Fireman;William A. Gamson

  • Bystanders, Public Opinion, and the Media

    William A. Gamson

  • The Political Culture of Social Welfare Policy

    William A. Gamson;Kathryn Eilene Lasch

  • News as Framing Comments on Graber

    William A. Gamson

  • Encounters with unjust authority

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  • Scapegoating in Baseball

    William A. Gamson;Norman A. Scotch

  • Commitment and agency in social movements

    William A. Gamson

  • The Strategy of Social Protest.@@@The Rebellious Century 1830-1930.

    Daniel J. Monti;William A. Gamson;Charles Tilly;Louise Tilly

  • The 1987 Distinguished Lecture: A Constructionist Approach to Mass Media and Public Opinion

    William A. Gamson

  • Assessment in Simulation and Gaming

    Jeffrey Chin;Richard Dukes;William Gamson

  • Media discourse as a symbolic contest: The bomb in political cartoons

    William A. Gamson;David Stuart

  • Public Sociologies: A Symposium from Boston College

    Michael Burawoy;William Gamson;Charlotte Ryan;Stephen Pfohl

  • Shaping Abortion Discourse: Tables and Figures

    Unknown

  • GOFFMAN'S LEGACY TO POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

    William A. Gamson

  • Rhyming Hope and History: Activists, Academics, and Social Movement Scholarship

    David Croteau;William Hoynes;Charlotte Ryan;William A. Gamson

  • Hiroshima, the holocaust, and the politics of exclusion

    William A. Gamson

  • The Strategy of Social Protest.

    Gerald Finch;William A. Gamson

Frequent Co-Authors

Myra Marx Ferree
Myra Marx Ferree University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles Tilly
Charles Tilly Columbia University
Michael Burawoy
Michael Burawoy University of California, Berkeley
David L. Morgan
David L. Morgan Portland State University
Robert L. Kahn
Robert L. Kahn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Juliet B. Schor
Juliet B. Schor Boston College
Howard Schuman
Howard Schuman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas F. Pettigrew
Thomas F. Pettigrew University of California, Santa Cruz
Philip G. Zimbardo
Philip G. Zimbardo Stanford University
Morton Deutsch
Morton Deutsch Columbia University

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