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There are few things more intimidating when writing a term paper than finding yourself with
loads of information that were not taken into consideration when the topic was first approached. In
particular, the menace of not being able to synthesize the loose knobs when the literature overwhelms
you can be a terrifying experience of biblical proportions. Even if this is not the problem, it is clear that
any attempt of compiling all the facts about defined subject is in itself an act of futility, always
condemned to be incomplete. For all intents and purposes, surveying is snapshot of what seems
important in a moment and time, and its aim is to enhance –rather than create- understanding.
The present survey is such an attempt. In the following pages, I will discuss the literature on
psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and anthropology that have dealt with the question
of how and why social movements interact with the rest of society. The reason for the multidisciplinary
emphasis is that I found that the social movement question has been interconnected from various
perspectives, one building on from the others. Isolating anthropology from such a lively debate would
be plainly wrong. Therefore, I have chosen to offer a general survey of the history of paradigm shifts as
My sources, while I think sufficient, are not exhaustive. I have built this paper based on former
surveys, anthologies, as well as primary sources that seemed relevant in its specific context. I will begin
using them to describe the psychological behaviorism approach, and then move to sociological as well as
anthropological approaches to social movements; lastly, I will discuss how social movements research
can be improved by offering my own insight as to what I think is missing in the existing literature.
Hopefully, social movements research will still be a relevant topic when it is my turn to do
fieldwork. I am assured that the field is subject to exciting changes and insights into our conception of
politics and political entities in the ever changing process of culture. After writing this paper, I am also
Social movements as a research question was not taken seriously by scholars until the 1950’s
and 1960’s, where the relative peace in the aftermath of WWII allowed for a retrospective look at the
big mobilizations during the past two decades before the conflict and the changing social context that
framed the emergence of a variety of collective action. While works on political sociology that treated
political parties as social movements were certainly published before this time period (none relevant),
all literature reviewed for this paper indicates that Rudolf Heberle’s “Social Movements: An introduction
to Political Sociology” (1951) was the first serious attempt to theorize social movements separately from
political parties and psychological explanations. By the 1960’s however, it was clear that the multiple
social events in developed countries could not be analyzed with the existing social scientific framework,
Early social movements research is distinctly marked by Durkheimian style functionalism and the
psychological behaviorism that pervaded the social sciences in general at the time (Edelman 2001, 287).
Blumer (1969), for instance, takes sides with social psychologists in their analysis of “crowd behavior”,
believing that social movements could be attributed to mental dysfunctions that occurred at the
subconscious level. It was Park (1967), however, who created the distinction between crowd and
collective behavior, which he believed could be positive to society. Evaluation of the psychological
approaches is of no concern of this paper, as it should be enough to say that it has been relegated
defectiveness. Nonetheless, the significance of these works is that scholars were already looking at the
role of identities and emotions as part of “movement culture” (Crossley 2002, 38) long before identity
In 1962, Neil Smelser (1962) took some of the ideas of collective behavior and created what is
now called a value-added approach. In his work, he set off to explain the emergence of social
movements as a result of a series of factors of dissatisfaction with the status quo that affect when, if,
and how collective action will be taken place. Smelser’s factors are: 1)Structural conduciveness related
to the configuration of the system 2) Structural strain or dissatisfaction 3)Growth and spread of
generalized belief proposed cure 4) Precipitating factors 5) Mobilization of participants for action,
involving coordination for action) 6) Operation of social control performed by control agencies, whose
success will determined the fate of the collective action. Smelser firmly believed that these six factors
determined the fate of social movements, and also outlined forms of social movements that could
emerge in different dynamics. Since its original publication, Smelser’s work has been criticized for being
descriptive but not explanatory (Smith 1973, 108), and like most functionalists, his conception of
structure is problematic in the sense that it does not recognize the intrinsically conflictive nature of
social systems (Crossley 2002, 52). Nevertheless, his attempt to theorize social movements beyond the
psychological realm is significant, and should be taken into consideration –as it in fact has- in
It is at this point, however, that we start seeing the separation of schools of social movement
research in the basis of territory. In the U.S, psychological determinism and “crowd behavior” were the
clear paradigm for the analysis of social research while in Europe, on the other hand, highly academic
and structural versions of Marxism (that drew heavily on European Durkheimians) dominated the
explanations of collective action. Through time, this separation led scholars reacting to this paradigm
and forming the two main schools discussed in this paper: Resource Mobilization theory (reacting
against American “collective behavior” flavor) emerged in the U.S, and New Social Movements
developed in Europe and later exported to Latin America as a reaction to Marxist analysis.
Resource Mobilization
Identified mainly as an American school closely related to political science and economics,
resource mobilization (RM) set out to explain how social movements become organized and push their
agenda into mainstream society. In other words, RM emphasizes how instead of why social actors
mobilize (Forweraker 1995, 15). In contrast to earlier research, RM theorists argue that the success of a
social movement is determined by its capacity to form alliances, find charismatic leaders, cultivate the
right strategy, and assemble the members together in an efficient manner. By doing this, RM theorists
enlighten the side of social movements dynamics that remain hidden by approaches emphasizing social
unrest and the emergence of movements (Crossley 2002, 103). Although not always explicit, RM takes a
firmly Marxist approach to social analysis by portraying social actors as acting on economic terms,
mobilizing resources in much the same way a business mobilizes commodities, and emphasizing class
struggle.
Given that resource mobilization theory emerged as a response to the functionalist approaches
outlined before in this paper, this paradigm rejected the notion of participants of social movements as
irrational; instead, these theorists embraced the “rational actor” proposal of economist Mancur Olson.
Originally, Olson (1965) outlined the view of the rational actor as individuals in a conscious pursuit that
weights the pros and cons of social mobilization, making it unlikely for individuals to join a movement
because the costs of mobilizing are usually higher than the benefits. RM took this idea further, arguing
that the only way rational actors will mobilize is if the right resources appear to make the individual
prone to join the movement. The degree to which RM theorists agree with the rational actor varies, to
the point where most only take the pieces that they see convenient without agreeing with the whole
concept (Crossley 2002, 78). However, the influence of this utilitarian logic can be traced throughout all
of the texts related to RM, specially in sociological studies of organized action and political science. Up
until this point, Homo Economicus seems to be the essential assumption behind all research.
One key insight of RM is its emphasis on the role of networks in the formation and mobilization
of social action. For instance, Oberschall (1973) distances himself from Olson by contextualizing the
choice of the rational actor and making him part of networks of solidarity that build social capital –which
is a form of benefit that was not considered before-. According to Oberschall, the effectiveness of a
social movement can be traced to the unity of pre-established networks. In his prime example, he traces
the victories of the civil rights movements to the role of black churches, black colleges, and the NAACP
among others in collaborating with the ultimate outcome of desegregation. Nevertheless, the “network
argument” is not that networks create or transform into movements; in its place, the argument is that
social movements are themselves networks that expand over boundaries and follow their own path
(Crossley 2002, 97). Another example that comes to mind supporting the importance of networks is the
warming. As a member of different environmental organizations in the last three years, I have seen how
action is taken to new levels by groups of people that were networked but were not interested in
ecological issues before. In my experience, it has always been these networks –fraternities, unions,
workplaces, music scenes, etc- that have been the most effective at engaging in collective action, not
strategic choices for the development of social movements. The aforementioned work of Oberschall
(1973) also emphasized the distinction between leadership and membership of social movements.
Incentives, he argues, are very different for the leader than for the activist because leadership is a way
for individuals to attain status and social capital when they are in disadvantaged situations (p 28).
Interestingly, one of the arguments made by “New Social Movements” against RM is that there are
movements that avoid completely these incentives, as exemplified by the Brazilian Movement of
Landless Rural Workers (Vanden 2008, 51-52). However, I think that the emphasis on leadership can be
important in certain situations; more specifically, I believe it could be dangerous to obviate the factor of
leadership in the analysis of social movements because it could lead to gross simplifications over the
Reading the foundational texts of the RM paradigm –for instance, Mcarthy and Zald (1977)-
makes it clear that the rationale behind RM is a result of analyzing specifically American social
movements during the 1960’, 1970’s and 1980’s. Although new forms of RM have emerged to broaden
its scope, it is easy to see how RM theorists deduced many of their claims from empirical observation.
For instance, Ladd and Hadley (1978) adopted resource mobilization after seeing how middle class
Americans provided many “resources” to the civil rights movement, or we can see this principle in action
when Jenkins (1983, 548) explains resource mobilization in terms of the freedom of American
democracy. Therefore, I think one of the main setbacks in theorizing social movements using RM is its
lack of flexibility to adapt to different environments, where resources (at least not material ones) are
In fact, critiques of RM for its adherence to economic models plague the theoretical literature of
social movements (Foweraker 1995, 17). Not wanting to recreate them all here, I want to close this
overview of RM with David Slater’s critique of RM (2008 [1995]), as it serves as a bridge for the
understanding of new social movements. First of all, Slater deconstructs the Marxist assumption of
“class interest” and its sister concept of “class struggle”. For him, and most contemporary social
movement theorists, class cannot be considered the point of departure for social theory because it does
not hold a coherent identity or “consciousness”; it is entirely possible for different groups of the same
economic category to hold complete different views of the world (p 22-23). Further, Slater emphasizes
the multiple “subjective positions” or social roles of the individual, which only attain meaning in the
discursive matrix that anthropologists call culture. Individuals are always contesting those spaces in
ways that RM cannot theorize (p 24-28). Additionally, Slater gives interesting insight on how democracy
–conceptualized by RM theorists plainly as the political context on which social movements emerge- is
Resource Mobilization has thus been assessed critically by scholars who focus on the discursive,
dialectical, and abstract aspects of social life. In other words, it has been criticized by scholars who focus
on culture. In the rest of the paper, I will focus on how many cultural anthropologists and other related
scholars evaluate social movements, and explore the aspects of social movements research that RM has
left untouched.
As noted before, NSMs arose from the rejection of Marxist social analysis because of its lack of
stress on the cultural aspects of social mobilization. Beyond simply theorizing social movements in a
different light, NSMs argue that in a post-industrial world, social actors organize for different reasons
that they did in the past. Hellman (1995) synthesizes the characteristics of these new movements as
horizontality and collective contribution to the political process, and 3) Quest for solidarity and social
justice in relation to subjective identities such as ethnicity, gender, etc. Escobar and Alvarez (1992), on
the other hand, identify new movements as a renovation on the forms of political practice and political
life, moving away from the Marxist dichotomy of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat into a more
dynamic form of political practice (p 1-3). In general, NSMs represents a scholarly stress on the semiotic
aspects of social life, not relying so heavily on the logic of cost-effectiveness and strategy building. With
all of the emphasis on culture and identity, anthropologists have been crucial to the development of this
paradigm.
One key thinker closely related to NSMs is the French sociologist Alain Touraine. In his work,
most importantly The Voice and the Eye (1983), he made the argument that Western society had moved
from an Industrial to a post-Industrial stage, where for the first time reflection and action over the
foundations of social life become possible (Foweraker 1995, 11). The follow up argument is that with
this new form of society, new forms of resistance appear, challenging the Marxist notion that resistance
is based on the rejection of the established means of production. Remarkably, Touraine saw the aims of
his study in The Voice and the Eye as “to help establish the belief that men and women are not subject
to historical laws and material necessity, that they produce their own historical laws and material
necessity, that they produce their won history through their cultural creations and social struggles”
(Touraine 1983, 5). Touraine’s influence in NSMs theory cannot be understated, especially as he was one
of the first to identify “new social movements” as such. Martell and Stammers (1996, 7) see Touraine as
the first theorist to present social movements as a struggle against technocracy, particularly technocracy
Another important name behind the NSMs paradigm is the philosopher Jurgen Habermas, who
theorized social movements as part of what he saw where two distinct “levels” of social life: system and
lifeworld (Crosley 2002, 154). According to Habermas, the lifeworld is the semiotic interaction of agents
in the system, which is in itself composed of two types of interaction: non-conformative action and
discourse. Discourse is, to put it simply, the contestation of meaning in the lifeworld (very similarly to
Touraine’s concept of resistance). In industrial society, this discourse had been constantly regulated and
devoid of meaning by the bureaucratic society; however, along with Touraine, he sees social movements
as the contestation of this cultural status quo. The new conflicts, he says, “are not ignited by distribution
problems but by questions having to do with the grammar of forms of life” (Habermas 1987, 392).
The influence of Habermas and Touraine, along with other key theorists as Melucci, has framed much of
the NSMs literature. Nonetheless, NSMs theory has been taken new forms in order to encompass the
complexity that ethnographic accounts of social movements have developed through the years. Next, I
will explore two of them, the exploration of “cultural politics” and “identity based research”
Cultural Politics
One of the most important aspects of the NSMs debate is the identification of politics as cultural
phenomena. Although anthropologists, political scientists, and others assume the two concepts are
interrelated, it is not common to see them conceptualized as being essentially the same thing. Alvarez,
Dagnino, and Escobar (1998) have engaged in the debate by embracing the term “cultural politics”,
defined as “the process enacted when sets of social actors shaped by, and embodying, different cultural
meanings and practices come into conflict with each other”, pointing out that this contestation of
meaning “can be the source of processes that must accepted as political” (p 7). This reconceptualization
of what counts as political space is a great example of the way on which the NSMs debate has changed
our conception of social movements and politics in general. No longer is it adequate to assess social
mobilization as an attempt to seize power, but it is now necessary to understand the multiple levels on
which power struggle is performed, particularly in spaces where the private and the public are shaped
by cultural processes.
For example, Kwane Dixon’s study of black social movements in Latin America (2008) clearly
identifies how Afro-Latin peoples attempt to change the political landscape not by attempting
representation in parliament, but by demanding more “cultural space” to challenge dominant racial and
gender inequality (Dixon 2008, 182). More interestingly, Dixon focuses on how these cultural identities
are woven around transnational human rights discourse, creating alliances among many Afro-Latin
groups in dissimilar countries like Uruguay, Panama, and the Hispanic communities in the U.S (p 184).
The great complexity of this dynamics makes it impossible for scholars to focus on the narrow
definitions of “culture”, “politics”, “racial identity”, etc, that pervade much of social science.
Another example is the apparent reconfiguration of Latin American feminism in the last two
decades, as analyzed by Sonia Alvarez (1998). According to Alvarez, the feminist project conceived until
the 1980’s –that involved representation, autonomous organization, global sisterhood, etc- has been
replaced by a “selective absorption” of feminist discourse into the social matrix, with an increased
tendency of feminist organizations become heterogeneous and sometimes conflictive (p 311-315). The
Latin American feminist movement, as it turns out, has split in many factions and sought to promote
different forms of transformation, becoming a multilayered space for democratization where gender
dynamics have become interwined in other cultural dynamics of Latin American society. This and other
other studies concerning cultural politics are marked by their high degree of nuance and complexity in
the understanding of social life. In contrast with the straightforward analysis performed by RM theorists,
the study of new social movements is an exercise on discursive decentering that moves way beyond
clear social boundaries and categories. Cultural politics is a case in point in the analysis of change as the
Identity Research
Since the very conception of NSMs, identity played an important role in the separation between
“old” and “new” social movements. According to theorists such as Castells, identity is the production of
personal meaning on the basis of cultural features that are given priority over other features (Edelman
2001, 298). That is, for NSMs, identity is constantly being produced on the relationship between the
individual and the cultural environment, sometimes producing pockets of relationships among a group
of people that motive action. The conditions under which collective identities motive alliances or action
is still much debated (Edelman 2001, 298); however, it is a clear consensus that the existence of identity-
based movements is a distinct feature of NSMs in general. Agency, on the other hand, has been the
underlying concept behind much identity-based research, sometimes provoking sharp criticism for
accentuating the “narcissist withdrawal” of individuals involved in political organization (Melucci 1989,
209). The basic argument of agency based research is that the production of meaning and historicity is
rooted in the subjectivity and meaning of the individual, only being loosely connected or expressed
Edelman (2001, 300) identifies a related scholarly concern with identity based mobilization: they
are prone to become lucrative corporate marketing crusades. As exemplified in the local context of this
paper –Jacksonville, Fl- where blackness and Latino identity are now brand names in local markets,
diversity and uniqueness have become a new motto in some corporate circles, transforming cultural
projects into commodities in the purest Marxist fashion. Reed (1999) is probably the most pessimistic,
nauseam, ‘struggles’, lies a simple truth: there is no coherent opposition to the present administrative
apparatus”. Edelman also points out the limitations of representation in identity-based research, as
mobilizing around an abstraction such identity includes the potential for misrepresentation and
eliminating the treatment of movements as unified actors, and taking a “decentered, dialogic approach”
that focus on how collective identity is pursued in dialectical fashion among multiple discourses and
practices. Following Escobar and Alvarez (1992) semiotic emphasis, Holland, Fox, and Daro define
collective identity as the emic sense of participation that is inspired and supported by their own actions,
thus constantly emerging, forming, and reforming (p. 97-99). The tensions between the movement and
other social actors –for instance, the state- further complicate this picture, transforming the two actors
in “dialogic partners” that should be studied in parallel (p. 100). One important aspect of their essay that
I want to highlight is their recognition of the power of cultural artifacts (narratives, symbols, rituals,
clothing, songs, etc) in the process of constructing collective identities. In my perspective, it is possible
that these cultural artifacts are the unifying factor behind mobilization, making them the measure upon
A lot of the literature on social movements being produced nowadays is still emphasizing
identity and meaning making in the public sphere, and I highly doubt any conclusive determination will
be made about the nature of identity. However, I do believe that the power of abstraction can lead to
determinations on how communities mobilize around certain issues and what is the best way to go
about conflict resolution. NSMs should not be reduced to discussions on what is the role of identity on
social movements, but on how social movements use identity as a unifying factor for self interest.
Throughout my research for this paper, I have found multiple attempts to blend the different
approaches sketched above with the hope of create an amalgam of the useful concepts leaving out
those who have been subsumed by others (Rose 1997, Foweraker 1995, Crossley 2002). For the look of
things, none have succeeded –at least not to a degree that is noticeable for an undergraduate
researcher-, and I do not see why I would have any better luck at such a feat; therefore, I will only
present concepts that I have not yet seen well represented through my research. The intended purpose
is to present my own input into what I think social movements research is or could be without
pretending to theorize without experience or data to do so; if anything, this would be my answer if I was
First, I believe that we have to get away from the ethical boundaries dictating that social
movements research necessarily means activism or political commitment. Social movement researchers
are prone to become simply political tools if we don’t start realizing that engagement does not
necessarily mean understanding. The multiple layers of meaning that anthropologists have successfully
theorized will not be uncovered simply by engaging in activism, let alone letting the movement’s
discourse become our methodological mantra. In my opinion, the analysis of social movements can be
taken at different levels and from different perspectives simultaneously if we let the full experience
contextualize our research. I believe that whatever can be achieved by advocating activist research, as
outlined in Hale (2001), can also be achieved by standard research. If social movement is going to be a
research question, anthropologists must flag any attempts to change the goal of the research from
Second, I think we should broaden the spectrum of which forms of political action are
considered research question in social movements’ analysis. For instance, as Edelman (2001, 301-303)
points out, NSMs have avoided the issue of right-wing collective action, partly because of tradition of
identification with typically left-wing actors and a the reluctance to recognize that the same sort of
experiences that generate democratic movements can lead to the exacerbation of racism, violence, and
hate (Stock 1996, 148). In a similar fashion, I think is illusory to make clear distinctions between social
movements and various forms of political activism practiced within established mainstream political
parties. As I have experienced with rural party affiliation in Peru (particularly with the Peruvian
Nationalist party and the now in power Aprista party), the ongoing practice of reforming political
discourse is not an exclusivity of the particular groups of people that scholars have named social
movements. In my view, the social movement research question has to be defined in the analysis of a
form of practice instead of a unified subject of study, including an assortment of political identities that
become integrated in specific scenarios where repression and contestation (material and cultural) play a
particular role in the shaping of the practice. The current alternative, which celebrates the particularity
of certain movements as distinct forms of political action against oppressive regimes, is doomed to
perform sweeping generalizations and capriciously determine what aspects of social action can be
Lastly, I believe that any future synthesis of social movements research cannot evade the
implications of research in supporting or rejecting policy making in the society that serves as context for
the analysis. While I believe much bias has to be extracted from current research, I also believe that any
serious commitment to academia has to entail a productive relationship with social reality, giving
guidance and advice to the multiple actors in the political drama. This does not mean, of course, that
anthropologists should take ultimate stands or be part of the next hunger strike by Bolivian president
Evo Morales. I do, however, think that anthropologists have the tools and authority to produce useful
material for the betterment of the societies they study. For instance, the necessary creation of reports,
Conclusion
To sum up, social movements have been discussed and conceptualized repeatedly on every field
of the social sciences, making it an incredibly rich and complex field to evaluate. In this paper, I have first
discussed crowd and collective behavior, emphasizing how these psychological and sociological
explanations reflected the dominant themes of their time. Next, I have offered a discussion of resource
mobilization (RM) theory as it is portrayed in the sociological and political science literature. Moreover, I
have discussed new social movements (NSMs), with its emphasis on identity, agency, and culture.
Finally, I have offered some suggestions as to what directions I think social movements should take on
the future.
Most certainly, the writing of this paper has provided me with a great deal of background
information and academic context that will probably take me some time to evaluate completely. While
anthropology has taken most of my brain power in the last year or two, I am glad to see how disciplinary
boundaries are somewhat blurred when the topic is specified, although I do recognize the power of
traditions in the assumptions of research. More importantly, this paper has interested me greatly in the
research of social movements, particularly in its culture-based forms, and I will seriously consider it for
my academic future.
Over all things, I am glad that Anthropology, a discipline understood by few and frowned upon
by many, is in fact a discipline of action and advancement of ideas never meant to stay still, much like
social movements themselves are. I am proud, now more than ever, of what my life calling is.
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