{"product_id":"9783031862014","title":"Network Collective Action Agent-Based Models of Pandemics, Riots, Social Movements, Insurrections and Insurgencies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLecture Notes in Social Networks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eNetwork Collective Action\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAgent-Based Models of Pandemics, Riots, Social Movements, Insurrections and Insurgencies\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Knoke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollective action asks a fundamental question in social science: How do sets of actors\u003cbr\u003echoose courses of action and work together to achieve desired outcomes, often in\u003cbr\u003eopposition to other coalitions? Psychological and economic rationality explanations are\u003cbr\u003eincomplete in emphasizing the mental decision processes of individuals. Collective\u003cbr\u003eaction must be understood at the level analysis of interpersonal and interorganizational\u003cbr\u003erelations. Social network theories and methods provide optimal frameworks for\u003cbr\u003eexplaining collective action in a variety of settings. This book reviews theories and\u003cbr\u003eempirical research on collective action in several substantive areas, demonstrates how\u003cbr\u003eagent-based models can analyze collective action networks (pandemics, riots, social\u003cbr\u003emovements, insurrections, insurgencies), and concludes with speculations about future\u003cbr\u003eresearch directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Knoke is a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota, where he\u003cbr\u003eteaches courses in social networks, organizations, healthcare systems, terrorism, social\u003cbr\u003escience fiction, and statistics. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in\u003cbr\u003e1972 and was professor of sociology at Indiana University from 1972 to 1985. Knoke\u003cbr\u003ewas a Fulbright research scholar at Kiel University in Germany (1989) and a fellow at\u003cbr\u003ethe Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1992). In 1996-99 he was\u003cbr\u003enamed a University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Scholar of the College. In 2008,\u003cbr\u003ehe received the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts’ Arthur “Red” Motley\u003cbr\u003eExemplary Teaching Award. With various colleagues, David Knoke received several\u003cbr\u003eNational Science Foundation research grants and published the results in research\u003cbr\u003emonographs on political, organizational, and social network behavior. Some of these\u003cbr\u003ebooks are \u003cem\u003eThe Organizational State, Organizing for Collective Action, Political Networks,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrganizations in America, Comparing Policy Networks, Changing Organizations, Social Network Analysis, Economic Networks, and Multimodal Political Networks. His current research investigates diverse social networks, including intra- and interorganizational, healthcare, economic, financial, terrorist and counterterror networks.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 April 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031862014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e107\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51030681682060,"sku":"9783031862014","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031862014.jpg?v=1782480679","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031862014","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}