Buechler (2007) ‘The Strange Career of Strain and Breakdown Theories of Collective Action.’
Citation: Buechler, Steven M. (2007) ‘The Strange Career of Strain and Breakdown Theories of Collective Action,’ in David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 47-66.
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Buechler (2007:49): Early research on social movements portrayed collective action as the result either of a breakdown or strain in normal social routines or as stemming from perceptions of relative deprivation that created a psychological strain in individuals; collective action was therefore depicted as something abnormal, with irrationality, spontaneity and emotion featured strongly in many explanations.