Neil J. Smelser
Contributor
Website : Neil J. Smelser at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
Director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California. University Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1972–94. Author of Theory of Collective Behavior and others.
Primary Contributions (2)
Collective behavior, the kinds of activities engaged in by sizable but loosely organized groups of people. Episodes of collective behavior tend to be quite spontaneous, resulting from an experience shared by the members of the group that engenders a sense of common interest and identity. The…
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