{"product_id":"the-myth-of-the-madding-crowd-9780202303758","title":"The Myth of the Madding Crowd","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clark McPhail\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrowd behavior is one of the most colorful but least understood forms of human social behavior. This volume is a major contribution to the field of collective behavior, with implications for social movement analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcPhail's critical assessment of the major theories of crowd behavior establishes that, whatever their particular limitations and strengths, all share a general and serious flaw: their explanations were developed without prior examination of the behaviors to be explained. Drawing on a wide range of empirical studies that include his own careful field work, the author offers a new characterization of temporary gatherings. He presents a life cycle of gatherings and a taxonomy of forms of collective behavior within gatherings, as well as combinations of these forms and gatherings into larger events, campaigns and waves. McPhail also develops a new explanation for various ways in which purposive actors construct collective actions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929147330711,"sku":"9780202303758","price":4391.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780202303758.webp?v=1771598091","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-myth-of-the-madding-crowd-9780202303758","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}