Social movements and exchanges: Sketch of a theory

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dc.contributor.authorSomma, Nicolas M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T22:13:20Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T22:13:20Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractUsing social exchange theory, this article presents a new theory for understanding the strategic choices made by social movement leaders-the "movement exchanges" theory. It looks at how leaders engage in exchanges of valued rewards with constituencies, institutional political players, bystander publics, and voluntary organizations. Leaders receive from these players important rewards (like committed activists, political leverage, and resources) for achieving movement goals. In turn, leaders make strategic choices (expressed in frames, tactics, targets, and claims) that other players find rewarding, favoring persistent exchanges across time. By considering movements' simultaneous exchanges with several players, the theory makes sense of choices that remain puzzling for major movement theories. It also blends strategic behavior with culture (in the form of utopias, ideology, and emotions) but does not require the maximizing assumption of the homo economicus. I use the case of the contemporary Chilean student movement to illustrate the theory.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/10434631211035198
dc.identifier.eissn1461-7358
dc.identifier.issn1043-4631
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/10434631211035198
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94446
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000678267300001
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final511
dc.pagina.inicio480
dc.revistaRationality and society
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectExchange theory
dc.subjectsocial movements
dc.subjectsociological theory
dc.subjectstudent movements
dc.titleSocial movements and exchanges: Sketch of a theory
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen33
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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