Little has been written on the form that coalitions take in social movements. Three months of üeldwork by a üve-person team documented the population of social movement events (SMEs) across seven movements in a Southwestern city. We investigated the process and form that led to these events at the interorganizational level. Three different coalition forms, as well as single social movement organizations (SMOs) acting alone, organized the SMEs. The ''network invocation'' form-a single SMO making strategic and framing decisions while encouraging other SMOs in its network to mobilize participants-was signiücantly more eþective than other forms at mobilizing attendance at events.In the conclusion to their chapter on social movements in the
The study illustrates the potential of the`doing gender' perspective to explain why employment does not always improve women's household-power. Eighteen in-depth interviews with women maquiladora workers in Mexico suggest that, depending on the gendered meanings of household negotiations, employment may help women gain new rights and extend the limits of respect accorded them by male companions and parents. Nevertheless, women were more successful when they used negotiating strategies that conformed to their gender identity, such as making offers, than when they used negotiating strategies that challenged traditional gender norms, such as withdrawing services or making threats.
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