Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Doug McAdam

Born: August 31, 1951 (age 73)
Bio: Doug McAdam is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. He is the author or co-author of over a dozen books and over fifty articles, and is widely credited as one of the pioneers of the political process model in social movement analysis.
Known for:
- Dynamics of Contention (2001)
- A Theory of Fields (2012)