Claiming Credit: The Social Construction of Movement Success. This paper is about the politics of claiming credit. In tightly controlled, closed, polities, both mythic and real, leaders control the mass media in order to present a coherent, consistent, self-serving and state-serving narrative that ascribes responsibility and blame. This paper will analyze the benefits of social movements and the downside of such social contracts. Pages: 16 Bibliography: 15 source(s) listed Filename: 239 Claiming Credit Social.doc Price: 143.20