Value added theory is based on the assumption that certain conditions are necessary for the development of a social movement and that each condition contributes to preceding conditions in making a social movement more likely.
Explanation:
The social movement has different relevant stages:
- Operation (failure) of social control
The concept of value added was used in economics, referring increasing value of product in stages of production. It also adds that the conditions needed for the start of a social movement relates to the notion that grievances shared by multiple individuals, groups and organizations are the reasons for the social causes and how to go about reducing these grievances. This also assumes all the individuals being rational, weighing the costs and benefits of participating in such a movement.
The resource mobilization theory revolves around the central notion of the process of exchange of messages for social change from person to another and from a group to another.