Mobilization Among the Homeless: A Multilevel, National Study of Collective Action

该项目将确定动员该国无家可归者的运动范围，跟踪这些运动，并通过与早期穷人运动的比较来分析它们。首席调查员将测量参与的人数，确定全国范围内动员的促动因素，绘制区域差异图表，并试图确定差异的原因，并制定分类，对无家可归者动员的性质和后果进行分类。该项目强调城市中无家可归者比例等因素的影响以及组织结构与动员策略之间的关系。这项研究的结果将是发现这些运动与其他类型的社会运动之间的相似之处，并预测它们未来的发展方向。

This project will identify the scope of movements to mobilize the homeless in this country, track the movements, and analyze them by comparison with earlier poor people's movements. The Prin- cipal Investigator will measure the numbers of people involved, identify precipitants of mobilization across the country, chart regional variations and attempt to identify causes of the varia- tion, and develop categories for classifying the nature and consequences of mobilization of the homeless. The project emphasizes effects of such factors as the proportion of homeless in a city and the relations between organizational structure and strategies of mobilization. The outcome of the research will be to see similarities between these movements and other types of social movements, and to predict their future course.