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Resource Mobilization

Resource mobilization focuses on the assets and capacities that aggrieved groups use to develop and influence social movements. It stresses an organization's ability to procure and mobilize various resources, including tangible resources like money and facilities, intangible resources like commitment and social networks, cultural resources like knowledge, and moral resources that confer legitimacy. Effective utilization of resources is key to a social movement's success according to this perspective.

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Resource Mobilization

Resource mobilization focuses on the assets and capacities that aggrieved groups use to develop and influence social movements. It stresses an organization's ability to procure and mobilize various resources, including tangible resources like money and facilities, intangible resources like commitment and social networks, cultural resources like knowledge, and moral resources that confer legitimacy. Effective utilization of resources is key to a social movement's success according to this perspective.

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RESOURCE

MOBILIZATION
Presenter: JUDELIE D. DALIT
Resource Mobilization

It focuses on the assets and


capacities of aggrieved groups to
explain the rise, development and
outcome of social movements or in
community engagement activities.
Resource Mobilization
Stresses the ability of an organization
to:
1. Procure assets

2. Mobilize individuals towards


achieving goals.
Resource Mobilization
 Effective utilization of resource is a determinant of the
success of a social movement.
 Drawing on a rational choice approach, resources are

defined broadly to include:


1. Tangible resources : money & facilities
2. Intangible resources: solidarities, commitment,
identify network of groups that facilitate their pooling
resources.
Types of Resources
 Material Resources – tangible  Social-Organization Resources -
resources that necessary for an resources that used to build their social
organization to run and to conduct networks.
activity.
 Cultural Resources – includes knowledge
 Human Resources –Every type of necessary to conduct the organization’s
Organization will require people activities.
/personnel, labor needed to ensure
that the Organizational role and  Moral Resources – those which help the
works are fulfilled. organization to be seen as legitimate.
Resource Mobilization
 Considers social developments as made by
sensible social organization with an objective of
making political moves.
 Expects that people are rational: peope measure

expenses and advantages of movement


participation and act just if advantage exceeds
cost.
Resource Mobilization
 Social development are goal oriented;
 Efficiency of the organization
infrastructure is a key of asset in itself.
Two Version of Resource Mobilization

1. Economical – collective activity as a


consequence of economic aspects; access to
and control over assets is the important
factor.
Two Version of Resource Mobilization

2. Political – spotlight on the political battle


(decision-making, influence, organizational
structure) rather then the financial components.
 Rise the outcome of movements are shaped by

the interaction of strategies with political


opportunities.
Importance of Resource Mobilization
 Ensures the continuation of the
organization’s procurement to its
stakeholder
 Supports organizational sustainability
 Takes into account scale-up and
improvement of engagement activity
currently offered by the organization.
Importance of Resource Mobilization

 Organizations, both in the public and


private sector, must be in the business of
generating new business to stay in
business.
Resource Providers
 Organizations/Institutions
 International Non-Government
Organizations/Institutions
 National Governments
 Businessmen/Organizations/Private sector
 Individual
 Other Groups

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