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Movement Diffusion

Movement Diffusion is a social process whereby protest activities, frames, or organizational forms spread from one context to another through interpersonal networks, media, or institutional channels, distinguished by its reliance on imitation, social learning, and shared grievances across geographically or socially distinct settings.

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2017–2026

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95

Diffusion in Organizations and Social Movements: From Hybrid Corn to Poison Pills

David Strang, Sarah A. Soule · Annual Review of Sociology · 1998 · 1.7K citations

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ON DIFFUSION BY DISCONTINUOUS MOVEMENTS, AND ON THE TELEGRAPH EQUATION

Sheldon Goldstein · The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics · 1951 · 776 citations

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The Cross-National Diffusion of Movement Ideas

Doug McAdam, Dieter Rucht · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 1993 · 551 citations

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The Sequencing of Social Movements

Debra Minkoff · American Sociological Review · 1997 · 468 citations

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The Dynamics of Protest Diffusion: Movement Organizations, Social Networks, and News Media in the 1960 Sit-Ins

Kenneth T. Andrews, Michael Biggs · American Sociological Review · 2006 · 427 citations

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Authors

160

  1. SA
    Sarah A. Soule

    Stanford University, United States

    7 publications · 2.8K citations

    7

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  2. DD
    Donatella della Porta

    Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy

    4 publications · 73 citations

    4

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  3. DJ
    Daniel J. Myers

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    3 publications · 225 citations

    3

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  4. SC
    Sean Chabot

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 66 citations

    3

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  5. NC
    Neal Caren

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 95 citations

    2

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Institutions

108

  1. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    585 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    275 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    359 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

  6. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    444 citations

  8. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    121 citations

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Venues

  1. Mobilization An International Quarterly

    8 publications · 566 citations

    8

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  2. Social movement studies

    8 publications · 381 citations

    8

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  3. American Journal of Sociology

    AJS · 5 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

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  4. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 3 publications · 989 citations

    3

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