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Movement Professionalization

Movement Professionalization is a structural transformation process within social movements wherein movement activities, leadership, and organizations adopt formalized, institutionalized, and expert-driven practices characteristic of established professions, thereby distinguishing itself from informal or grassroots mobilization by emphasizing specialized knowledge, sustained resource acquisition, and bureaucratic coordination.

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29

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2017–2026

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Publications

21

The Trend of Social Movements in America: Professionalization and Resource Mobilization

John D. McCarthy, Mayer N. Zald · Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · 1977 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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The Consequences of Professionalization and Formalization in the Pro-Choice Movement

Suzanne Staggenborg · American Sociological Review · 1988 · 655 citations

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Traditional accountants and business professionals: Portraying the accounting profession after Enron

Garry D. Carnegie, Christopher J. Napier · Accounting Organizations and Society · 2009 · 352 citations

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Professionalization of Women's Health Groups in Sao Paulo: The Troublesome Road towards Organizational Diversity

Nathalie Lebon · Organization · 1996 · 57 citations

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Professionalization and activism in social work: the sixties, the eighties, and the future

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 44 citations

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Authors

29

  1. WA
    Willem Assies

    Centro Universitario Juana de Asbaje, Mexico

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  2. CJ
    Christopher J. Napier

    Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 384 citations

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  3. GD
    Garry D. Carnegie

    RMIT University, Australia

    2 publications · 384 citations

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  4. CL
    Corey Lee Wrenn

    Colorado State University, United States

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

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  5. SC
    Sherry Cable

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    1 publications · 34 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. Centro Universitario Juana de Asbaje

    Zamora, Mexico

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    27 citations

  2. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    384 citations

  3. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  4. Federation University

    Ballarat, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    352 citations

  5. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  6. RMIT Europe

    Barcelona, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  7. MIT University

    Skopje, North Macedonia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  8. RMIT University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Bulletin of Latin American Research

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  2. Organization

    1 publications · 57 citations

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  3. Journal of Humanistic Psychology

    JHP · 1 publications · 19 citations

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  4. Journal of Gender Studies

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Sociological Focus

    1 publications · 34 citations

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