Social movement organization, resource mobilization, and the creation of a social problem : a case study of a movement for battered women

Since two assumptions behind this study are that power, or the a b il ity to get things done, resides in resources and that the success of an endeavor is in part a function of the quantity and quality of the resources mobilized to carry it out, it seems appropriate to acknowledge here the providers of the various types of resources I was able to marshall in in itia tin g and carrying out this research.F irst, I found a valuable intellectual resource in E.L. Quarantel1i , who has been my advisor for the past six years.Besides helping me refine my c ritic a l a b ilitie s and providing much needed guidance in the d iffic u lt art of framing research questions, he has offered me the freedom to study intensively topics in which I am truly interested-a ll too often a scarce commodity.Additionally, working with Professor Quarantelli, Russell R. Dynes, and my other colleagues at the Disaster Research Center has a f forded a range of research experience as well as a number of valued friend ships.Many thanks to those at DRC who were with me over the long haul.