Michael Graziano
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195326703
- eISBN:
- 9780199864867
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326703.001.0001
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Sensory and Motor Systems, Behavioral Neuroscience
This book offers a fundamental new theory of motor cortex organization: the rendering of the movement repertoire onto the cortex. The action repertoire of an animal is highly dimensional, whereas the ...
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This book offers a fundamental new theory of motor cortex organization: the rendering of the movement repertoire onto the cortex. The action repertoire of an animal is highly dimensional, whereas the cortical sheet is two-dimensional. Rendering the action space onto the cortex therefore results in a complex pattern, explaining the otherwise inexplicable details of motor cortex organization. This book includes a complete history of motor cortex research from its discovery to the present, a discussion of the major issues in motor cortex research, and an account of recent experiments that led to the book's “action map” view. Though focused on motor cortex, the book includes a range of topics from an explanation of how primates put food in their mouths, to the origins of social behavior such as smiling and laughing, to the mysterious link between movement disorders and autism.Less
This book offers a fundamental new theory of motor cortex organization: the rendering of the movement repertoire onto the cortex. The action repertoire of an animal is highly dimensional, whereas the cortical sheet is two-dimensional. Rendering the action space onto the cortex therefore results in a complex pattern, explaining the otherwise inexplicable details of motor cortex organization. This book includes a complete history of motor cortex research from its discovery to the present, a discussion of the major issues in motor cortex research, and an account of recent experiments that led to the book's “action map” view. Though focused on motor cortex, the book includes a range of topics from an explanation of how primates put food in their mouths, to the origins of social behavior such as smiling and laughing, to the mysterious link between movement disorders and autism.
Mario Diani and Francesca Forno
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- April 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780199252060
- eISBN:
- 9780191601064
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199252068.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter analyses the evolution of Italian environmentalism in the decade following the successful anti‐nuclear referendum of 1987. Although the number of national protests contracted over the ...
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This chapter analyses the evolution of Italian environmentalism in the decade following the successful anti‐nuclear referendum of 1987. Although the number of national protests contracted over the decade, the overall presence of environmental organizations in the national media and in local protest was actually stable if not on the rise. Altogether, Italian environmentalism only partially fits the model of a movement engaged in sustained, large‐scale collective challenges to authorities. Especially at the national level, environmental action emerges rather as action promoted by a set of public interest groups, mostly institutionalized in their forms of action, and whose control over the issues is less and less challenged by other political actors such as parties or economic interest groups.Less
This chapter analyses the evolution of Italian environmentalism in the decade following the successful anti‐nuclear referendum of 1987. Although the number of national protests contracted over the decade, the overall presence of environmental organizations in the national media and in local protest was actually stable if not on the rise. Altogether, Italian environmentalism only partially fits the model of a movement engaged in sustained, large‐scale collective challenges to authorities. Especially at the national level, environmental action emerges rather as action promoted by a set of public interest groups, mostly institutionalized in their forms of action, and whose control over the issues is less and less challenged by other political actors such as parties or economic interest groups.
Mark Traugott
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520266322
- eISBN:
- 9780520947733
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520266322.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter discusses the problem of how the term “insurgent barricade” is interpreted in this book and provides examples, starting with the account of the Paris insurrection of 1832. It clarifies ...
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This chapter discusses the problem of how the term “insurgent barricade” is interpreted in this book and provides examples, starting with the account of the Paris insurrection of 1832. It clarifies the concept of the “repertoire of collective action”—the array of all protest techniques available at a given place and time.Less
This chapter discusses the problem of how the term “insurgent barricade” is interpreted in this book and provides examples, starting with the account of the Paris insurrection of 1832. It clarifies the concept of the “repertoire of collective action”—the array of all protest techniques available at a given place and time.
della Porta and Caiani Wagemann
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199641260
- eISBN:
- 9780191738654
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641260.003.0011
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Chapter 11 In the conclusions, the authors summarize their main results and reflect on the contributions that social movement studies give to the understanding of the phenomenon, ...
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Chapter 11 In the conclusions, the authors summarize their main results and reflect on the contributions that social movement studies give to the understanding of the phenomenon, as well as, vice-versa, how research on the extreme rights could contribute to the theorization on social movements’ dynamics.Less
Chapter 11 In the conclusions, the authors summarize their main results and reflect on the contributions that social movement studies give to the understanding of the phenomenon, as well as, vice-versa, how research on the extreme rights could contribute to the theorization on social movements’ dynamics.
Francesca Polletta
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816672899
- eISBN:
- 9781452947174
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816672899.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter proposes three analytical strategies for determining how culture sets the terms of strategic action: repertoires, institutional norms, and metonymy. Collective action repertoires are ...
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This chapter proposes three analytical strategies for determining how culture sets the terms of strategic action: repertoires, institutional norms, and metonymy. Collective action repertoires are insights shared by activists and authorities in a particular historical period about what strategies, tactics, and organizational forms are appropriate and effective. Institutional norms of cultural expression shape how activists make claims in diverse contexts—in court, to the media, in the legislature, and so on. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or image is invoked for another. These strategies are crucial in understanding not only the formation of movement strategy, but also how culture operates inside and outside movements.Less
This chapter proposes three analytical strategies for determining how culture sets the terms of strategic action: repertoires, institutional norms, and metonymy. Collective action repertoires are insights shared by activists and authorities in a particular historical period about what strategies, tactics, and organizational forms are appropriate and effective. Institutional norms of cultural expression shape how activists make claims in diverse contexts—in court, to the media, in the legislature, and so on. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or image is invoked for another. These strategies are crucial in understanding not only the formation of movement strategy, but also how culture operates inside and outside movements.
Dieter Rucht
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816686513
- eISBN:
- 9781452948928
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816686513.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter unpacks the generic notion of social movement structures by identifying six different components. The existence, interplay and overlap of these structures are illustrated by an analysis ...
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This chapter unpacks the generic notion of social movement structures by identifying six different components. The existence, interplay and overlap of these structures are illustrated by an analysis of a major campaign against the transport of nuclear waste in Germany in 2010.Less
This chapter unpacks the generic notion of social movement structures by identifying six different components. The existence, interplay and overlap of these structures are illustrated by an analysis of a major campaign against the transport of nuclear waste in Germany in 2010.
