Civil society, social movements, and mixed methods

In this lecture, Dr. Dana Fisher overviews the conceptual and methodological approaches used by sociologists to study civil society and social movements. She notes that the research focuses on organizational and institutional forms, as well as forms of action. She then presents an example of studying urban environmental stewardship to exemplify the use of mixed methods in studying civil society, and highlights the use of network analysis and survey methodologies. She also presents an example of studying the climate change movement, and describes the survey and social media analysis used to study the connectivity and communication within social movements.