Resource Mobilization Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brad Edwards (0000-0003-0051-264X, corresponding author), Bob Edwards |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosr060 |
| OpenAlex | W4237102349 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
A renaissance of social movement research occurred in both North America and Europe during the 1970s as a then younger generation of scholars sought to understand the emergence, significance, and effects of the social movements of the 1960s (see Jenkins 1983; McAdam et al. 1988; Dalton et al. 1990). On neither side of the Atlantic did the received academic wisdom of the 1950s and 1960s view social movements in a favorable light. In the US, the most hospitable theories treated social movements as temporary disequilibria soon to be reintegrated into smoothly functioning social systems. In Europe, “new social movements” theory formed around the core problematic of explaining the origins, identity, and cultural significance of newly emerging social change constituencies (Melucci 1980). By contrast, resource mobilization theory tended to take the existence of such constituencies for granted in order to explain how they mobilized effectively to pursue desired social change. Both resource mobilization and new social movement theories are variants within the broader conflict paradigm in sociological theory. Resource mobilization predominated in the rapidly growing sociological subfield of social movement research (Gamson 1968, 1975; Oberschall 1973; Freeman 1975; McCarthy & Zald 1977; Tilly 1978; McAdam 1982; Morris 1984; Zald & McCarthy 1987; Staggenborg 1988; Tarrow 1994
Mass mobilization · Mobilization · New social movements · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · Resource mobilization · Social change · Social group · Social identity theory · Social movement · Social movement theory · Social science · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Capital and Networks
The origins of the civil rights movement
The politics of women's liberation
The strategy of social protest
Social movements in an organizational society
Transnational social movements and global politics
Social conflict and social movements.
From mobilization to revolution
The Pro-Choice Movement
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Resources and Social Movement Mobilization
Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. Political Process
Social Movement Organizations Beyond The Beltway
The Consequences of Professionalization and Formalization in the Pro-Choice Movement
The new social movements
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
Resource Mobilization and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |