Repression, Social Networks, and Collective Action

Abstract

Some of Siegel's research provides a qualitative typology of social network structure that can predict levels of participation and the degree of media impact. Other research describes the formation of parties and party identification among voters. In applying these concepts to political violence, Siegel studies the efficacy and evolution of terrorist organizations, and the degree to which both state and substate repression inhibit participation in collective behavior such as turnout, protest, or rebellion. New projects extend these ideas to the development of institutions in early societies and the formation of social identities.