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David A. Snow

Researcher at University of California, Irvine

Publications -  117
Citations -  26509

David A. Snow is an academic researcher from University of California, Irvine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social movement & Framing (social sciences). The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 113 publications receiving 24841 citations. Previous affiliations of David A. Snow include University of Texas at Austin & University of Arizona.

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Crowds (Gatherings) and Collective Behavior (Action)

TL;DR: Crowds, or temporary gatherings as some scholars prefer (McPhail 1991), are ubiquitous feature of everyday life and have long been the object of theorizing and inquiry, ranging from the psychologistic renderings of Gustav Le Bon (1960) and Sigmund Freud (1921) to the more sociological accounts of Neil Smelser (1963) and Ralph Turner and Lewis Killian (1987), to the highly systematic and empirically grounded observations of Clark McPhail and his associates as mentioned in this paper.
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Une ethnographie du recrutement et de la conversion formelle au Nichiren Shoshu dans les années 1970

TL;DR: In this paper, an ethnographie de longue duree menee au debut des annees 1970 au sein de la branche californienne du mouvement Bouddhiste Nichiren Shoshu, montre comment, lors des « reunions de discussion » organisees par ce mou vement pour promouvoir sa philosophie, les cadres de l'interaction, ainsi que certaines strategies interactionnelles, peuvent etre utilises for tenter d'obtenir que