Abstract
Using a comparative case study analysis of two rape crisis centers, this paper addresses the question of how social movement organizations come to define their strategies of action. Through the analysis of interviews of early members of the two rape crisis centers, significant similarities between organization members' social positions, goals, and the political ideologies of the two groups were determined. Yet, each organization chose a different course of action. The macropolitical climate, the local political and social context, the organizational structure, and the personal connections between the movement participants, which together determine the parameters of social movement organizations' actions, help to explain differences in the strategies pursued.
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