Network Collective Action

These texts are excerpts from a book titled "Network Collective Action Agent-Based Models of Pandemics, Riots, Social Movements, Insurrections and Insurgencies" by David Knoke, published in 2025. The book explores various forms of collective action using Agent-Based Models (ABMs), a computational simulation method. Specific chapters discuss the modeling of infectious disease spread, analyzing how factors like partisan differences in masking during the COVID-19 pandemic can impact outcomes. The book also examines crowd behavior and disasters, including ABMs of events like the Itaewon crowd crush and a nightclub fire. Furthermore, it investigates social movement recruitment through networks and the dynamics of political violence like riots, insurrections (such as the January 6th Capitol attack), and insurgencies, often employing NetLogo software for simulations.