------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE DO NOT REPLY OR SEND MESSAGES TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. ------------------------------------------------------------ AUTHOR: Donovan, Brian L. TITLE: Framing and strategy: explaining differential longevity in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League. SOURCE: Sociological Inquiry v. 65 (Spring '95) p. 143-55 bibl. ABSTRACTS: This study examines the sources of strength and mobilizing impetus in the Anti-Saloon League (ASL) and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in the early twentieth century. Both the ASL and the WCTU played essential roles in the establishment of national prohibition. The quick demise of the ASL after the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933 and the endurance of the WCTU cannot be explained only by the structural conditions that confronted the two movements, as suggested by the resource mobilization approach. Using Snow and Benford's "collective action frame" concept, it is argued that a consideration of meanings constructed by the movements' leaders and their translation into strategic action provides a better account of the temporal viability of the WCTU and ASL. The critical distinction between the WCTU and ASL was in how they framed the "alcohol question." Both the relative success of the WCTU and the failure of the ASL were contingent upon their ability to adapt their rhetoric and corresponding strategies to rapid shifts in the cultural and economic climate of the late twenties and early thirties. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. STANDARD NO: 0038-0245 DATE: 1995 PLACE: United States RECORD TYPE: art CONTENTS: feature article SUBJECT: Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Anti-saloon League of America. Social movements - United States - History. ------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for using FirstSearch. This e-mail account is only for distribution of FirstSearch documents. Please contact your librarian with comments or concerns. ------------------------------------------------------------