Social Change and Collective Behaviour
The Revival in Eighteenth-Century Ross-Shire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5636083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Bruce (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 554 |
| Publication date | 1983-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/590938 |
| OpenAlex | W2317664431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper argues that the social movement literature contains two main traditions for relating social change to collective behaviour, both of which appear sensible at the macro-social level but, when 'unpacked' to the level of models of individual motivation, become implausible. The case of the conversion of the Scottish Highlanders to evangelical Protestantism in the late eighteenth century is used as an example of how, by using themes from interactionist sociology, a causal account of social change and collective behaviour can be constructed which does not involve reductionist and unlikely treatments of actors' motivation, and which does not make the ideology of the social movement
Archaeology · Political science · Shire · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2007 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |