William A. Gamson

About The Author

William A. Gamson, the former President of the American Sociological Association, is also a former Guggenheim Fellow and Professor in Boston College's Sociology Department. He is the creator of SIMSOC and author of Talking Politics, The Strategy of Social Protest, and Power and Discontent, among other books.

Books by William A. Gamson

SIMSOC: Simulated Society, Participant's Manual

Fifth Edition (Participant's Manual)

By William A. Gamson
With Larry G. Peppers
The official guide to SIMSOC, the dynamic group simulation game whose “potential for stimulating the learning process is staggering” (Teaching Sociology), in which players grapple with the challenge of governing society.
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