Motivational problems in various forms of contentious collective action, and the emergence and development of the Quebec independence movement

Maurice Pinard is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. He joined that department in 1963. Professor Pinard is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His current academic interests focus mainly on motivational problems in various forms of contentious collective action, and on the emergence and development of the Quebec independence movement. He is the author of The Rise of a Third Party (1975) and co-author of Un combat inachevé (1997). His most recent book is Motivational Dimensions in Social Movements and Contentious Collective Action (2011).