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  • Unit 8: Resources and coalition building

    Generally, those with more resources, such as money, power, legitimacy, and human capital, tend to be in a better position to influence institutional arrangements. How then, can we acquire resources if we do not have them already? Larger coalitions also tend to have more influence than singular organizations or individuals. How then, can we build coalitions to join forces? As all units in this course, also this unit is only briefly touching upon wide streams of research.

    The first article is an empirical, quantitative study on bricolage of resources (i.e. construction using whatever is at hand) in social enterprises (Desa, 2012). The second article is a literature review on how social movement coalitions form, and what factors influence their long-term survival and success (Van Dyke & Amos, 2017).

     

    Article (academic, media or other)

    Why this article / what part of the article

    Desa, G. (2012). Resource mobilization in international social entrepreneurship: Bricolage as a mechanism of institutional transformation. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36(4), 727-751.

    Read the full article. (18 pages)

    Van Dyke, N., & Amos, B. (2017). Social movement coalitions: Formation, longevity, and success. Sociology Compass, 11(7), e12489.

    Read the full article. (11 pages)

     


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