Collective Behavior and Social Movements in Stateless Societies
Christopher Chase-Dunn,
Marilyn Grell-Brisk, Levin Elias Welch,
Christopher Chase-Dunn
University of California, Riverside, USA
Search for more papers by this authorChristopher Chase-Dunn,
Marilyn Grell-Brisk, Levin Elias Welch,
Christopher Chase-Dunn
University of California, Riverside, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 27 September 2022
Abstract
This entry examines the relevance of concepts and theories in the social movement and collective behavior literatures in sociology for understanding and explaining social change in small-scale human societies. We discuss and critique the reasons given by some social movement scholars to justify their focus on exclusively “modern” movements. We contend that collective behavior and social movements have been important causes of social change in small-scale societies composed of hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists, since before the emergence of sedentism in the Mesolithic Era.
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