Resources and Resourcefulness: Strategic Capacity in the Unionization of California Agriculture, 1959-1966

Game Changer: The Topology of Creativity

“…The critical juncture in that field is Swidler's (1986) reconceptualization of culture not as internalized beliefs, norms, and shared values but as "resources that can be put to strategic use" (DiMaggio 1997, p. 265). Swidler's statement generated new research (Lamont 1992;Zerubavel 1997;Ganz 2000;Alexander 2004) that viewed culture less as a set of rules and more as a set of skills. But as Swidler herself later lamented, much of this work looked, mistakenly, to the level of the individual as the actor deploying the skills from the cultural tool kit (Swidler 2008;see Jerolmack and Khan [2014], for discussion).…”

Leadership in Social Movements: The Case of Ojo Con Tu Ojo

“…Ganz (2000) defines leadership as accepting responsibility to create interpersonal, structural and procedural conditions to enable others to achieve a shared purpose in the face of uncertainty. Contrary to considering leadership as a position that is held by a single, charismatic individual in the traditional Weberian sense (Weber, 1978), Ganz conceives leadership as a process, a relationship that is created between leaders and their constituencies: leaders are the individuals who provide resources to their constituencies to address their interests and vice versa.…”

“…Ganz conceives leadership not only as the capacity to create a public narrative but also as a collective relationship, or leadership as a team. According to him, leaders can be at different levels and all of them can contribute to the formulation of a strategy, which is a core category in the process of organizing (Ganz, 2000). Ganz also addresses the importance of leaders' background and the likelihood that they will develop an effective strategy.…”

“…Ester enhanced this dialogic process by promoting collective leadership (Ganz, 2000). The strategy of the movement was built on a deliberative process.…”

Identidad, organización y estrategia en dos movimientos que pugnan por la soberanía alimentaria en México

“…Las formas organizativas que cada movimiento ha escogido dependen en gran parte del ideal de sociedad de sus miembros (Ganz, 2000). Cada organización vierte sus ideales de funcionamiento y trascendencia social en la definición de formas operativas.…”