SOC 481 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abeyance, Resource Mobilization, New Social Movements
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Some have great deal of formal structure. There are differences in the level of commitment from members as well. Revolutionary movements: protests becomes a full time job, often citing ties with family. For others: it would be a weekly participation. Thus members may range from financial supporters to those who volunteer their labor to full time staff. Most of the sm that emerged in 1960s (including student movements, the new left, the later environmental, feminist, and antinuclear movements) thought that it was important to avoid bureaucratic organizations. They preferred egalitarian groups that encouraged everyone to participate in decision making, joyce rothschild and allen whitt (1986) described these alternative organizations as avoiding. Mccarthy and zald looked at social movement organizations as though they are business firm in a market. A move away from social psychological analysis of sm to social structural emphasis. One of the first articles on resource mobilization theory (rmt).
