The "bureaucratization" stage of a social movement:

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The merger of the AFL and the CIO in the U.S. labor movement marked the bureaucratization stage, which involved the establishment of formal organizational structures and procedures. The other options are incorrect because the bureaucratization stage does not always happen at the beginning of a social movement and has already happened for the gay rights movement through the formation of national organizations and lobbying efforts. The release of An Inconvenient Truth may have contributed to the mobilization stage of the environmental rights movement, but it did not mark the bureaucratization stage. Similarly, the Stonewall riot was a key event in the mobilization stage of the gay rights movement but did not involve the establishment of formal organizational structures.

The "Bureaucratization" Stage of a Social Movement