Resource Mobilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory
1977/05/01 by John D. McCarthy, Mayer N. Zald · 103 citations
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Political Conflict and Governance #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
paper · doi:10.1086/226464
Abstract
Past analysis of social movements and social movement organizations has normally assumed a close link between the frustrations or grievances of a collectivity of actors and the growth and decline of movement activity. Questioning the theoretical centrality of this assumption directs social movement analysis away from its heavy emphasis upon the social psychology of social movement participants; it can then be more easily integrated with structural theories of social process. This essay presents a set of concepts and related propositions drawn from a resource mobilization perspective. It emphasizes the variety and sources of resources; the relationship of social movements to the media, authorities, and other parties; and the interaction among movement organizations. Propositions are developed to explain social movement activity at several levels of inclusiveness-the social movement sector, the social movement industry, and social movement organization.
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