William A. Gamson

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William Anthony "Bill" Gamson (born January 27, 1934 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ; died March 23, 2021 ) was a sociologist with research interests in sociological methodology , media sociology, and social movements . Gamson received his doctorate in 1959 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , where he then taught for 20 years; In 1982 he moved to Boston College , where he retired in 2000. He was the 85th president of the American Sociological Association .

Life

Gamson married the sociologist Zelda F. Gamson , with whom he had two children, including the sociologist Joshua Gamson .

Career

In 1966 Gamson conceived the game theory based "simulated society" ( SimSoc from English "simulated society" ), a strategy simulation in which participants are supposed to put themselves in conflicting positions and are thus challenged to face structural social inequalities and ethically informed strategies of collective action to develop.

Gamson received a Guggenheim grant in 1978 and in 1962 won the " AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research ". In 2002 he was also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Fonts (selection)

  • Encounters with unjust authority
  • William A. Gamson: The strategy of social protest . Dorsey Press, Homewood, Il. 1975, ISBN 978-0-256-01684-0 .
  • Talking Politics . 1992
  • Gamson, William A .; Modigliani, Andre. 1989. "Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power: A Constructionist Approach". American Journal of Sociology 95: 1-37.
  • Gamson, William, A .; Wolfsfeld, Gadi. 1993. "Movements and Media as Interacting Systems." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 528: 114-125.
  • Gamson, William A .; Meyer, David. 1996. "Framing political opportunity." In D. McAdam, J. McCarthy, & M. Zald (Eds.), Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements: Political Opportunities, Mobilizing Structures, and Cultural Framings (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics, pp. 275-290). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017 / CBO9780511803987.014
  • Gamson, William A. 1997. "On Coming to Terms with the Past." American Journal of Sociology 103: 210-215.
  • Ferree, Myra Marx; Gamson, William A .; Gerhards, Jurgen; and Rucht, Dieter. 2002. Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  • Gamson, William A. 2011. "From Outsiders to Insiders: The Changing Perception of Emotional Culture and Consciousness among Social Movement Scholars." Mobilization 16: 405-418.
  • Gamson, William A. 2013. "Games Throughout the Life-Cycle," Simulation and Gaming , Vol. 44: 609-623.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William A. Gamson. In: Reports of the President and of the Treasurer. , John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation., 1978, p. 38
  2. ↑ a b N. N .: In Memoriam: William Gamson . In: BC News . March 26, 2021. Accessed March 26, 2021.
  3. ^ 1978 Foundation Program Areas . John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  4. ^ History & Archives: AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research
personal data
SURNAME Gamson, William A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gamson, William Anthony (full name); Gamson, Bill (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 2021