“…Thus, it is no wonder scholars increasingly study movement coalitions. Beamish & Luebbers, 2009;Di Gregorio, 2012;Ellingson, Woodley, & Paik, 2012;Grossman, 2001;Haydu, 2012;Khagram, 2004;Lichterman, 1995;Mix, 2011;Murphy, 2005;Park, 2008;Shaffer, 2000;Stearns & Almeida, 2004 Just as a full understanding of social movement activity requires that we study individual participation in collective action and the role of organizations in mobilization, so too do we need to study the origins and dynamics of organizational collaboration. For example, because frames are often developed through interchanges between coalition partners, failing to examine organizational interaction, including cooperation and conflict, could result in a misspecified explanation of the frame's origin (Croteau & Hicks, 2003;Luna, 2010).…”