ABSTRACT
In their efforts to create change in the larger society, social movements enter into relationships of coalition, competition or conflict with other political actors, becoming embedded in a wider set of social and political networks that structures activists’ opportunities and choices. Theories of civil society and theories of social movements can both be relevant starting points for investigating these relationships. In this article we discuss a particular kind of network, overlooked in both of these literatures, that often constitutes an important part of a movement’s sphere of action.
