Organizations, coalitions, and movements

Diani, Mario and Bison, Ivano (2004) Organizations, coalitions, and movements. In «Theory and society», vol. 33, UNSPECIFIED, pp. 281-309.

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    Abstract

    This article uses empirical evidence on networks of voluntary organizations mobilizing on ethnic minority, environmental, and social exclusion issues in two British cities, to differentiate between social movement processes and other, cognate collective action dynamics. Social movement processes are identified as the building and reproducing of dense informal networks between a multiplicity of actors, sharing a collective identity, and engaged in social and/or political conflict. They are contrasted to coalitional processes, where alliances to achieve specific goals are not backed by significant identity links, and organizational processes, where collective action takes place mostly in reference to specific organizations rather than broader, looser networks.

    Item Type: Article in journal
    Department or Research center: Sociology and Social Research
    Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
    Uncontrolled Keywords: social movements.social networks. civil society.UK.
    Repository staff approval on: 16 Jan 2007

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