A Method for Systematically Observing and Recording Collective Action

Bibliographic Data

ID2331829
AuthorsDavid Schweingruber (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), David S Schweingruber (0000-0003-0137-7304, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Clark Mcphail (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Year1999
Volume27
Issue4
Pages451-498
Publication date1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0049124199027004001
OpenAlexW2065107628
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited39

The authors provide a set of criteria and procedures for systematically observing and recording collective action across temporary gatherings such as political demonstrations. Their method uses trained observers, distributed across a gathering, who complete a code sheet during time interval samples. The code sheet allows observers to record the extent of participation in 40 or more elementary forms of collective action by members of six actor categories. These elementary forms were inductively generated from extensive prior observations of temporary gatherings. The data collected provide a rich record of collective action across space and time. The method can be used to investigate a number of problems facing students of collective action and social movements

Action (physics) · Code (set theory) · Collective action · Interval (graph theory) · Political science · Politics · Set (abstract data type) · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Social Media and Politics

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