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ch. 1. Understanding rituals in everyday life : sociology and structural ritualizatio theory -- ch. 2. Analysis of ritual dynamics -- ch. 3. Structural reproduction in the world and throughout history -- ch. 4. Strategic ritualization and power : Nazi Germany, the Orange Order, and Native Americans / by J. David Knottnerus, Jean Van Delinder, and Jennifer Edwards -- ch. 5. Disruption and deritualization : concentration camp internment and the breakdown of social order / by Frederique Van de Poel-Knottnerus and J. David Knottnerus -- ch. 6. Ritual as a missing link within sociology : current and future research -- ch. 7. Social and personal life : applications and implications.

This research examines Smelser's value‐added theory of collective behavior. According to Smelser, six determinants are necessary for the development of a social movement: structural conduciveness, structural strain, generalized beliefs, precipitating factors, mobilization of participants, and social control. As a test of this analytic framework, two Melanesian cargo cult movements and the general history of these movements are investigated. On the basis of a historical and comparative analysis that relies upon both primary and secondary sources, the six factors outlined in the theory are shown to be present. The relevance of these findings for the explanation of social movements is discussed.

While resource mobilization theory has been the dominant paradigm for the study of social movements in the last several decades, critics contend that it is flawed because it glosses over the role of ideational elements in the development of such collective ventures. As a corrective to the weaknesses of this approach, we utilize a recently developed social psychological framework derived from the social constructionist perspective and the new social movement literature to examine a non-western social movement primarily located in the Caribbean, Rastafari. Concepts used to analyze the Rastafari include social movement community, framing, and collective identity. In directing attention to the symbolic beliefs and informal social processes of this group, we suggest that both political and religious motivations shape the Rastafarians' perceptions of the dominant order which they oppose (i.e., Babylon). Attention is also directed to the Rastafarians' ability to refashion their language and interpretations of the world. This study, we argue, is significant because it contributes to international, historical, and/or comparative research of collective enterprises, which is essential to a more comprehensive understanding of social movements.

In 1965, 53 men died in a Titan II missile silo in rural Arkansas, the deadliest nuclear accident ever in a U.S. facility. This book provides an analysis of the event and post-disaster life for their children, who share stories on what went wrong and how they keep moving forward.

1. Just wanting to die -- 2. Bureaucracy and rituals in everyday life -- 3. A history of nursing homes -- 4. Rules over compassion -- 5. Products not people -- 6. Tranquilizing the troublemakers -- 7. I'm no baby -- 8. Alternatives to bureaucracy in nursing homes -- 9. The bureaucratic boom : are there other options?

Structural analysis : past, present and future. History of social structural analysis / Charles Crothers. Social structure : the future of a concept / Douglas V. Porpora -- Culture and social structure. How are structures meaningful? : cultural sociology and theories of structure / Lynn Spillman. Agency, structure and deritualization : a comparative investigation of extreme disruptions of social order / J. David Knottnerus -- Global power, hegemonic decline, and cultural narratives / Albert J. Bergesen. Situating hybridity : the positional logics of a discourse / Jonathan Friedman -- A structural theory of the five thousand year world system / Barry K. Gills and Andre Gunder-Frank. Evolutionary pulsations in the world system / George Modelski and William R. Thompson. Paradigms bridged : institutional materialism and world-systemic evolution / Christopher Chase-Dunn and Thomas D. Hall. Ecology in command / Sing C. Chew. Applications of elementary theory to structures of antiquity / Brent Simpson and David Willer -- Micro and macro structures : interactions and organizations. Gender, institutions and difference : the continuing importance of social structure in understanding gender inequality in organizations / Amy S. Wharton. Social structure and social exchange / Joseph Whitmeyer and Karen S. Cook. Social organizations across space and time : the policy process / Peter M. Hall and Patrick J. W. McGinty. Acts, persons, positions, and institutions : legitimating multiple objects and compliance with authority / Henry A. Walker, Larry Rogers, and Morris Zelditch