@article{ref1,
title="“it's Hard to Change What We Want to Change”: Rape Crisis Centers as Organizations",
journal="Gender and society",
year="1994",
author="Fried, Amy",
volume="8",
number="4",
pages="562-583",
abstract="Like other groups associated with social movements, rape crisis centers have been judged co-optive by some and progressive by others. This article argues that organizational theory yields fuller explanations of their dynamics and character. In a case study, two subcultures—dubbed the politicized and service perspectives—developed and epitomized fundamentally different approaches to sexual violence. These subcultures emerged for a number of reasons, including the organization's goals, the character of the fiminist movement, and organizational features such as permeability, a broad constituency, a collective goods orientation, and an emphasis on open discourse. This article argues that similar organizational and environmental features in rape crisis centers and other social movement-related organizations are associated with organizational fluidity and conflict. While these groups may not be cohesive and stable actors for broad social change, they contribute incrementally to long-term shifts in gendered social structures.<p />",
language="",
issn="0891-2432",
doi="10.1177/089124394008004006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/089124394008004006"
}