This article attempts to draft a framework for the comparison of movement participation. The
standards of comparison I developed at the movement level were the magnitude of …

Four aspects of mobilization are distinguished: formation of mobilization potentials,
formation and activation of recruitment networks, arousal of motivation to participate, and …

Recent developments in social movement research have evidenced a greater underlying
consensus in the field than one might have assumed. Efforts have been made to bridge …

There has been an expolosion of theoretical and empirical writings on social movements
and collective action within the last decade. These writings have triggered debates, a new …

The study of social movements is a part of sociology still ill-defined and poorly elaborated.
Conventional formulations have borrowed a social-psychological perspective from the study …

Participation in social movements is a multifaceted phenomenon. Indeed, there are many
different forms of movement participation. Two important dimensions to distinguish forms of …

This article examines the debate within resource mobilization theory concerning the
motivation of participants in social movement organizations. Conclusions based on a case …

This chapter argues that the study of social movements can function as an important bridge
for understanding the relation between the individual and society, between structure and …

We present a number of concepts and hypotheses concerning the impact of the political
opportunity structure on the mobilisation pattern of new social movements in Western …

Social movement organizations (SMOs) constitute crucial building blocks of the mobilizing
structures of a social movement. But, as John McCarthy has pointed out in his introduction to …