The configuration of networks seems to have depended significantly on the characteristics of the In local networks, where resources were usually limited, the integration and density of relationships were higher. As it was essential to use available resources to best effect, there was little space for factionalism and core activists distributed their multiple memberships fairly evenly across the board of local women's organizations. In contrast, organizations with national structures and which were therefore able to count on greater organization resources, could be more tempted to accentuate their rivalries and ideological distinctions. As a result the network created by multiple memberships were more fragmented and consisted of different subgroups barely connected to each other.