Selected papers presented at a June 24-26, 2000 meeting of American and European scholars at Ross Priory on the banks of Loch Lomond.

Introduction: social movements, contentious actions, and social networks: "from metaphor to substance"? / Mario Diani -- Social networks matter. But how? / Florence Passy -- Movement development and organizational networks: the role of "single members" in the German Nazi party, 1925-1930 / Helmut Anheier -- Networks in opposition: linking organizations through activists in the Polish people's republic / Maryjane Osa -- "Leaders" or brokers?: positions and influence in social movement networks / Mario Diani -- Community embeddedness and collaborative governance in the San Francisco Bay area environment movement / Christopher Ansell -- Contentious connections in Great Britain, 1828-34 / Charles Tilly and Lesley J. Wood -- Networks, diffusion, and cycles of collective action / Pamela E. Oliver and Daniel J. Myers -- Movement in context: thick networks and Japanese environmental protest / Jeffrey Broadbent -- Why do networks matter?: rationalist and structuralist interpretations / Roger V. Gould -- Cross-talk in movements: reconceiving the culture-network link / Ann Mische -- Beyond structural analysis: toward a more dynamic understanding of social movements / Doug McAdam -- Networks and social movements: a research programme / Mario Diani.