044 - Thematic Session. Riots, Protest, and Social Movements

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

The massive riots that swept American cities in the 1960s attracted intense and sustained interest from sociologists. Recent years have seen an upsurge in rioting on both sides of the Atlantic, from London in 2011 to Stockholm in 2013 to Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. Although there is now an enormous literature on rioting, this literature treats riots in isolation from more typical forms of protest (like demonstrations) and from organized social movements. Conversely, quantitative analyses of protest events usually lump riots together with demonstrations and other forms of protest. This session will explore the relationships between rioting, more conventional forms of protest, and organized social movements.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Michael Biggs, University of Oxford

Presider

• Michael Biggs, University of Oxford

Panelists

• Elijah Anderson, Yale University

• Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania

Discussants

• Susan Olzak, Stanford University

• Bert Useem, Purdue Univesity