@article{428fcc4f1c584b73b281e2ce30ef17cf,
title = "The structure of belief systems among contending era activists",
abstract = "The structures of beliefs on feminist policy preferences are compared for activists who led campaigns supporting and opposing a Massachusetts referendum on equal rights for women (ERA) in 1976. Beliefs of opposing activists demonstrate asymmetric structures. The preferences for feminist policies of ERA proponents show significantly greater constraint, consensus, and position extremity than do those of ERA opponents. These findings are explained in terms of differences in the group processes among activists within social movements that assert new claims and responsibilities compared with those that defend old rights and privileges.",
author = "Carol Mueller and Thomas Dimieri",
note = "Funding Information: Sociological Association, 1980. Preparation of the paper was made possible by a postdoctoral grant, #1F32 MHO7811-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health to the first author. Data collection and analysis were funded by a faculty grant to both authors from Wellesley College and continued support from its Center for Research on Women and the Wellesley College Computer Center. We thank Henry Noerenberg, our collaborator on the Massachusetts state survey, and Andrea Levere, who conducted most of the interviews with Massachusetts activists. We have benefited from the comments of Myra Ferree, Charles Judd, Robert Mitchell, Tahi Mottl, and Frances Fox Piven. Copyright: Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "1982",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1093/sf/60.3.657",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "60",
pages = "657--675",
journal = "Social Forces",
issn = "0037-7732",
publisher = "University of North Carolina Press",
number = "3",
}