Pamela Oliver
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela Oliver |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela |
| FAMILY NAME | Oliver |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVER P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 157 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Critical Mass Theory
“Critical mass theory” in social movements refers loosely to any formal theory about how interdependent decisions accumulate into collective action or more narrowly to work in the tradition of Marwell and Oliver. The term “critical mass” originates in nuclear physics, as the smallest amount of fissile material needed to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. As analogy or metaphor, the term has diffused into popular culture and social science and is w…
Racialized Protest and the State
Free Rider Problem
A free rider is someone who gains the benefit of a collective or public good without contributing to the cost of its provision. The term was introduced to social scientists by Mancur Olson's The Logic of Collective Action , which argued that the problem of motivating collective action is equivalent to the problem of motivating private contributions to a public or shared good. Olson's use of the term is structural: a person is a free rider if they…
God's Long Summer
If You Don't Do it, Nobody Else Will
It is commonly assumed that people participate more in collective action when they believe others will. But local activists often say: I did it because nobody else would. Investigation of the differences among 1456 Detroit residents who were nonmembers, token members, or active members (either currently active or past leaders) of their neighborhood associations reveals that active members were significantly more pessimistic than token members abo…
If You Don't Do it, Nobody Else Will
It is commonly assumed that people participate more in collective action when they believe others will. But local activists often say: I did it because nobody else would. Investigation of the differences among 1456 Detroit residents who were nonmembers, token members, or active members (either currently active or past leaders) of their neighborhood associations reveals that active members were significantly more pessimistic than token members abo…
If You Don't Do it, Nobody Else Will
It is commonly assumed that people participate more in collective action when they believe others will. But local activists often say: I did it because nobody else would. Investigation of the differences among 1456 Detroit residents who were nonmembers, token members, or active members (either currently active or past leaders) of their neighborhood associations reveals that active members were significantly more pessimistic than token members abo…
God's Long Summer
Free Rider Problem
A free rider is someone who gains the benefit of a collective or public good without contributing to the cost of its provision. The term was introduced to social scientists by Mancur Olson's The Logic of Collective Action , which argued that the problem of motivating collective action is equivalent to the problem of motivating private contributions to a public or shared good. Olson's use of the term is structural: a person is a free rider if they…
Racialized Protest and the State
Critical Mass Theory
“Critical mass theory” in social movements refers loosely to any formal theory about how interdependent decisions accumulate into collective action or more narrowly to work in the tradition of Marwell and Oliver. The term “critical mass” originates in nuclear physics, as the smallest amount of fissile material needed to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. As analogy or metaphor, the term has diffused into popular culture and social science and is w…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Collective action (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Activité politique (1 work)