This book is about the "public realm" defined as a particular kind of social territory that is found almost exclusively in large settlements. This particular form of social-psychological space comes into being whenever a piece of actual physical space is dominated by relationshi…
The Contentious collective action and mobilization theories have had limited success in explaining why individuals mobilize for action in authoritarian societies. The theory of political inclusion provides a new perspective into a movement as a whole while remaining parsimonious…
Why an individual rebels, why an individual joins collective action, and how that manifests to violence are not new questions, but are questions that continue to pose a significant scientific challenge. It is the role of the conflict analyst to answer these questions by explorin…
Despite increasing scholarly interest in the relationship between social networks and collective action, there is still limited evidence on how networks matter at the global level in shaping collective action outcomes, and how these structures emerge in the first place. Conseque…
This dissertation tests whether the difference in numbers of civic digital campaigns across countries, normalized by population and number of internet users, is explained by a multi-theoretical perspective that integrates the structural, cultural and sociopsychological contextua…
The change to the international system affected by the disintegration of the Soviet Union has been quicker than anticipated. After a brief transitional period, epitomized by strong American political and military leadership in the Persian Gulf War, the post-Cold War world has em…
This dissertation is an effort to explain and understand variation in regional actors' compliance to central authority in Indonesia, a country in which the national government has made determined attempts to unify, homogenize, and dominate. The central thesis of this study is th…
This dissertation examines Islamic collective action and patterns of mobilization in Jordan. Some Islamic movement groups mobilize through formal, grassroots organizations in civil society, while others operate through informal social networks. I argue that the differing pattern…
Mobilization within the industrial relations literature, has so far been considered in the context of campaigns aimed at mobilising individuals to participate in collective action. What is hereby proposed is an alternative approach to mobilization, one that emerged by considerin…
Globalization, Informal Markets and the Collective Action. The Development of Islamic and Ethnic Politics in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia explains why structurally similar relationships to the international economy produce very different domestic political outcomes. Egypt, Sudan and…
The relative ease of cooperation in rural African societies is an open question. Why, when and under what conditions does cooperation arise, and how is it sustained? Through an analysis of women's savings and credit associations created by rural Hausa women, this study ties the …
The first chapter examines, theoretically and empirically, the determinants of collective success in the maintenance of infrastructure projects. The empirical analysis employs primary data collected on 132 community-maintained infrastructure projects in Northern Pakistan. Determ…
This study examines Al-Ḥirāk Al-Shabābī Al-ʾUrdunī (the Jordanian Youth Movement), from now on the HSU, and aims to be a first scholarly attempt at mapping the organisation, strategy, challenges, and significance of this youth-led and youth-organised social movement. Taking an i…
Written with a contemporary European context of economic, social and reproductive crisis in mind, this thesis presents research about, from and for social movements that struggle against precarity, austerity and capitalist accumulation. Based on accounts and analyses of feminist…
In Dhaka, Bangladesh over five million people live in low-income, informal settlements (bustees) with limited access to basic services, secure land tenure and political voice. Whilst collective action among the urban poor is central to accessing affordable services and - when ta…
The research draws on an ethnographic research and explores the everyday practice of collective action in Ugbawka in Enugu State by using interviews and participant observation. The study reveals that smallholder collective action is not best fitted into formal institutional arr…
Social dilemmas or 'commons dilemmas' occur whenever individuals in interdependent situations face choices in which the maximization of short-term self-interest yields outcomes that leave all participants worse off than feasible alternatives. Social dilemmas are labeled by many …