Resource Mobilization
Social movements need organizations first and foremost. Organizations can acquire and then deploy resources to achieve their well-defined goals. Some versions of this theory see movements operate similar to a capitalist enterprises that make efficient use of available resources. Scholars have suggested a typology of five types of resources:
- Material (money and physical capital);
- Moral (solidarity, support for the movement's goals);
- Social-Organizational (organizational strategies, social networks, bloc recruitment);
- Human (volunteers, staff, leaders);
- Cultural (prior activist experience, understanding of the issues, collective action know-how)
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