The Political Strategies of Social Movements
A Comparison of the Women’s and Environmental Movements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6182736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Douglas Costain (University of Colorado System), Anne N Costain (University of Colorado System) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Congress & the Presidency (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-3469 • E-ISSN: 1944-1053 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19441053.1992.11770793 |
| OpenAlex | W2525095843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The women's and environmental movements illustrate how these two social movements initially took advantage of favorable social and political conditions and later adjusted to unfavorable circumstances to become influential actors in American politics. The cases suggest that movements achieve success largely because their loose organization and membership allow them to adapt quickly to certain types of political environments. In periods of social and political flux, movements have the potential to respond to changing conditions more quickly and frequently more effectively than structured groups such as political parties.Movements are also significantly limited as durable instruments for representing their previously under-represented interests. The initial emergence of a new movement requires an infrequent coincidence of favorable societal and political conditions. Even after movements institutionalize as interest groups, they need hospitable political events to keep their issue agendas before the public. Institutionalization combined with a periodic mobilization of large numbers of supporters give movements a degree of political influence that is greater than the sum of their separate interest groups, but less than the sum of their sympathizers. By examining social movements as partially-organized political actors, we are better able to interpret the relationship between movements and political institutions
Institutionalisation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
The Changing American Voter
The New American Political System
The Politics of Women's Liberation
Women and public policies
Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies
Congress Makes a Law
National Politics And Collective Action
Channeling Black Insurgency
Tactical Innovation and the Pace of Insurgency
The Government's Role In Building the Women's Movement
Progress and Privilege
The Origins and Maintenance of Interest Groups in America
The Struggle for a National Women's Lobby
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
Constructing a Social Problem
Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |