ABSTRACT
In social movement theory, a common refrain has recently been that the collective action problem is more social in nature, rather than an individual-level dilemma as it traditionally has been regarded. 1 While there has been much attention to the “individual attributes” determining participation in collective action, such as “a strong attitudinal affinity with the goals of the movement or a well-articulated set of grievances consistent with the movement's ideology,” there has also been an increasing concern for the role played by social position and network contacts in motivating individual social movement participation—for instance, the role played by “multiorganizational fields” in recruiting activists (Fernandez and McAdam 1989).
