McCarthy Award
Stay Tuned for Information on the Next McCarthy Award and Young Scholars Conference that will be held in the Spring of 2023!
2019 McCarthy Award Winner!
Suzanne’s groundbreaking work, published in numerous books and countless articles, has shaped our thinking about activist causes, such as gender equality, abortion rights, and protecting the environment. Yet her work has also consistently generated foundational insights about organizational and protest dynamics more generally, highlighting processes related to coalitions formation, transnational activism, and drawing on central insights in the social movement field--transforming them in ways that have set the agenda for those who wish to understand twenty-first century activism.The Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame is very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 John D. McCarthy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Scholarship of Social Movements and Collective Behavior is Suzanne Staggenborg of the University of Pittsburgh. The award not only recognizes Suzanne’s extraordinary achievements in research, but also the role that she has played in mentoring successive generations of scholars.
This year’s award ceremony will take place on May 4, 2019 on the Notre Dame campus. Suzanne will be giving a public lecture prior to the award banquet. At the banquet, several of her friends, colleagues and former students will be on hand to offer reflections on her work and her influence on the field.
In conjunction with the presentation of the McCarthy Award, the Center for the Study of Social Movements will also be hosting the tenth annual Young Scholars in Social Movements Conference on May 3, 2019. Advanced graduate students and recently minted PhD’s will be invited to present their work and receive feedback from the McCarthy Award winner and a distinguished panel of senior scholars in the field. A call for nominations for the Young Scholars Conference will be issued in a separate announcement.
We hope that many of you will mark your calendars and plan to join us for these events. Please be on the lookout for more information in the coming months—including instructions on how to apply for the Young Scholars Conference. We will distribute the news on the CBSM listserv and also post the news on our Center’s website https://cssm.nd.edu
2018 McCarthy Award Winner!
The Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame is very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2017 John D. McCarthy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Scholarship of Social Movements and Collective Behavior is Aldon Morris of Northwestern University. The award not only recognizes Aldon’s extraordinary achievements in research, but also the role that he has played in mentoring successive generations of scholars.
Aldon’s early path-breaking analyses of the civil rights movement continue to strongly influence the way that we think about social movements and the way that we think about overcoming racial inequality. Aldon has also demonstrated remarkable intellectual breadth throughout his career, most recently showcased in his critically acclaimed book, The Scholar Denied: W.E.B DuBois and the Birth of Modern Sociology. This work goes far beyond social movement scholarship and leads us to reconsider the development of sociology as a whole.
This year’s award ceremony will take place on April 14, 2018 on the Notre Dame campus. Aldon will be giving a public lecture prior to the award banquet. At the banquet, several of his friends, colleagues and former students will be on hand to offer reflections on his work and his influence on the field.
In conjunction with the presentation of the McCarthy Award, the Center for the Study of Social Movements will also be hosting the ninth annual Young Scholars in Social Movements Conference on April 13, 2018. Advanced graduate students and recently minted PhD’s will be invited to present their work and receive feedback from the McCarthy Award winner and a distinguished panel of senior scholars in the field. A call for nominations for the Young Scholars Conference will be issued in a separate announcement.
We hope that many of you will mark your calendars and plan to join us for these events. Please be on the lookout for more information in the coming days and weeks—including instructions on how to apply for the Young Scholars Conference. We will distribute the news on the CBSM listserv and also post the news on our Center’s website https://cssm.nd.edu
We are also thrilled to announce that we have selected Suzanne Staggenborg as our 2019 award winner and we look forward to honoring her in the spring of 2019. We will provide more information on that event as the date draws nearer.
Former Winners:
2017 - David Meyer
A Few Classic Publications:
- Meyer, D.S., 2004. Protest and political opportunities. Annual Review of Sociology., 30, pp.125-145.
- Meyer, D.S. and Whittier, N., 1994. Social movement spillover. Social problems, 41(2), pp.277-298.
- Meyer, D.S., 1990. A winter of discontent: The nuclear freeze and American politics.
2016 - Kathleen Blee
McCarthy Lecture: "The (un)happy Marriage of Far Right Studies and Social Movement Theory"
A Few Classic Publications:
- Blee, Kathleen. 2002. Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement. University of California Press.
- Blee, Kathleen. 1991. Women in the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s. University of California Press.
- Billings, Dwight B. and Kathleen M. Blee. 2000. The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia
2015 – Sidney Tarrow
McCarthy Lecture: "Only Connect": The Relational Persuasion in Contentious Politics Research."
A Few Classic Publications:
- Tarrow, Sidney. 2005. The New Transnational Activism.
- McAdam, Doug, Sidney Tarrow, and Charles Tilly. 2001. Dynamics of Contention.
- Tarrow, Sidney. 1994. Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action, and Politics.
2014 – Bert Klandermans
McCarthy Lecture: “The Virtue of Comparison: on Times, Places, Issues, and Activities.”
A Few Classic Publications:
- Klandermans, Bert. 1997. The Social Psychology of Protest. Blackwell Publishers.
- Klandermans, Bert. 1995. Social Movements and Culture. Routledge.
- Klandermans, Bert, and Dirk Oegema. 1987. "Potentials, Networks, Motivations, and Barriers: Steps Towards Participation in Social Movements." American Sociological Review 52(4): 519-531.
2013 – David Snow
McCarthy Lecture: "Social Movements, Framing Processes, and Cultural Revitalization and Fabrication."
A Few Classic Publications:
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Snow, David A., Sarah Soule, and Hanspeter Kriesi. 2004. The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Wiley-Blackwell.
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Snow, David A., E. Burke Rochford Jr, Steven K. Worden, and Robert D. 1986. Benford. "Frame alignment processes, micromobilization, and movement participation." American Sociological Review 51(4): 464-81.
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Snow, David A., Louis A. Zurcher Jr, and Sheldon Ekland-Olson. 1980. "Social networks and social movements: A microstructural approach to differential recruitment." American Sociological Review 45(5): 787-801.
2012 – Pamela Oliver
McCarthy Lecture: "Making Ethnicity and Class Central in Social Movement Theorizing"
A Few Classic Publications:
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Marwell, Gerald, and Pamela Oliver. 1993. The Critical Mass in Collective Action. Cambridge University Press.
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Oliver, Pamela. 1984. "'If You Don't Do It, Nobody Else Will': Active and Token Contributors to Local Collective Action." American Sociological Review 49(5): 601-610.
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Oliver, Pamela. 1980. "Rewards and Punishments as Selective Incentives for Collective Action: Theoretical Investigations." American Journal of Sociology 85(6): 1356-1375.
2011 – William Gamson
McCarthy Lecture: “From Outsiders to Insiders: The Changing Perception of Emotional Culture Among Social Movement Scholars"
A Few Classic Publications:
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Gamson, William A. 1992. Talking Politics. Cambridge University Press.
- Gamson, William A. 1975. The Strategy of Social Protest. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press.
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Gamson, William A. 1968. Power and Discontent. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press.
2010 – Doug McAdam
A Few Classic Publications:
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McAdam, Doug, Sidney Tarrow, and Charles Tilly. 2001. Dynamics of Contention. Cambridge University Press.
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McAdam, Doug. 1990. Freedom Summer. Oxford University Press.
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McAdam, Doug. 1982. Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970. University of Chicago Press.
2009 – Mayer Zald
A Few Classic Publications:
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Zald, Mayer N., and John D. McCarthy. 1987. Social Movements in an Organizational Society. Transaction Pub.
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McCarthy, John D., and Mayer N. Zald. 1977. "Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory." American Journal of Sociology 82(6): 1212-1241.
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Zald, Mayer N., and Roberta Ash. 1966. "Social Movement Organizations: Growth, Decay and Change." Social Forces 44(3): 327-341.
2008 – Verta Taylor
A Few Classic Publications:
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Taylor, Verta, and Nancy E. Whittier. 1999. "Collective Identity in Social Movement Communities: Lesbian Feminist." Pp. 169-194 in Waves of Protest: Social Movements Since the Sixties.
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Rupp, Leila J., and Verta A. Taylor. 1990. Survival in the Doldrums: The American Women's Rights Movement, 1945 to the 1960s. Ohio State University Press.
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Taylor, Verta. 1989. "Social Movement Continuity: The Women's Movement in Abeyance." American Sociological Review 54(5): 761-775.
2007 – John D. McCarthy
A Few Classic Publications:
- McCarthy, John D., Clark McPhail, and Jackie Smith. 1996. "Images of Protest: Dimensions of Selection Bias in Media Coverage of Washington Demonstrations, 1982 and 1991." American Sociological Review 61(3): 478-499.
- Zald, Mayer N., and John D. McCarthy. 1987. Social Movements in an Organizational Society. Transaction Pub.
- McCarthy, John D., and Mayer N. Zald. 1977. "Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory." American Journal of Sociology 82(6): 1212-1241.
Former winners at the 2013 event, from right to left: Pam Oliver, John McCarthy, David Snow, Doug McAdam, and Verta Taylor