How do social movements seek to influence policymaking and what are the most common actions to reach an outcome? To answer these questions this paper unpacks the movement-policy relationship by integrating methods. I conducted a scoping review of 35 studies, which will be used to create a database for a case survey of 76 cases from 17 countries and two internationals. To shape the policy process, social movements are often deploying direct and/or indirect actions. The findings confirmed that movements are more successful in influencing policymaking by deploying joint actions, a combination of the two.