On Becoming a Teen Mom: Life before Pregnancy

approach, it prompts a new set of research questions regarding the larger dynamics of social movement demobilization. As the author suggests in the conclusion, comparative studies of the survival and death of movement organizations can provide a fresh lens to assess the complex relationship between repression and social movements. One application of this approach could be a comparison of radical black power organizations that were under similar external pressure but with dissimilar internal characteristics. In turn, a comparison between a moderate civil rights organization and a radical black power organization with similar internal tensions could provide further support for the author’s arguments. In addition, a large-N quantitative analysis of the survival time of movement organizations could complement the case-study approach by providing a different method to test the author’s theoretical model. Finally, by exploring social movements that have unfolded in a less contentious time and space than the RNA, future studies can illuminate the interaction between nonrepressive external factors (e.g., resource deprivation) and internal characteristics (e.g., lost commitment) that lead to the demobilization of social movements. Davenport offers a theoretically insightful and empirically grounded analysis of the demise of a social movement. By addressing the question of how social movements die, this important book tackles the underexplored link between movement emergence and movement demobilization. This study contributes to our understanding of collective action, not only by providing new insights and findings on movement demobilization, but also by opening up a novel area of research necessary to fully understand the dynamics of social movements. On Becoming a Teen Mom: Life before Pregnancy, by Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. 330 pp. $29.95 paper. ISBN: 9780520283428.