Sociological Quarterly · 1992 · 96 citations · 45 references
Social SciencesGender StudiesSociologyPolitical ParticipationSocial MovementsWomen's StudiesMobilization ProcessesProtest MovementsSocial Movement ParticipationSocial Movement TheoryWomen's ActivismWomen's MovementsGender Role BehaviorProtest OrganizationProtest RecruitmentWomen In Social MovementsWomen's Collective ActionWomen's Protest ParticipationWomen's Social MobilizationWomen’s Mobilization
AbstractData derived from three years of field work illuminate women's participation in a working class, community-based environmental protest organization. Findings show that (1) initial recruitment occur through women's social networks, activating the structurally available; (2) structural availability continues to figure significantly in the ongoing mobilization process in determining who performs which tasks; and (3) the practical necessity that drives women to change their gender role behavior in the social movement organization subsequently prompts similar changes in their domestic lives.
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