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Resource mobilization is the process of getting resources from the resource provider, using different mechanisms, to implement an organization's predetermined goals.[1] It is a theory that is used in the study of social movements and argues that the success of social movements depends on resources (time, money, skills, etc.) and the ability to use them.[2]
It deals in acquiring the needed resources in a timely, cost-effective manner. Resource mobilization advocates having the right type of resource at the right time at the right price by making the right use of acquired resources thus ensuring optimum usage of the same.
It is a major sociological theory in the study of social movements that emerged in the 1970s.[3] It emphasizes the ability of a movement's members to acquire resources and to mobilize people towards accomplishing the movement's goals.[4] In contrast to the traditional collective behaviour theory, which views social movements as deviant and irrational, resource mobilization sees them as rational social institutions that are created and populated by social actors with a goal of taking political action.[5]
- ^ Seltzer, Judith B. "What is Resource Mobilization". Health Communication Capacity Collaborative. Management Sciences for Health. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ Crossman, Ashley. "What is the Resource Mobilization Theory?". ThoughtCo. www.thoughtco.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Morris, Aldon D. (1992). Frontiers in Social Movement Theory. Yale University Press. pp. 3. ISBN 978-0300054866.
- ^ Kendall 2006
- ^ Buechler 1999