In what way do “new social movements” differ from those in the past? Answers:
They are more likely to be international
. They are likely to focus on social rather than economic issues. They are likely to attract support from middle- and upper-middle-class people. All of these responses are correct.
The phrase social movements refers to collective activities designed to bring
about or resist primary changes
in an existing society or group. Wherever they occur, social movements can dramatically shape the direction of society. … Even when they prove initially unsuccessful, social movements do affect public opinion.
Aberle’s Four Types of Social Movements: Based on who a movement is trying to change and how much change a movement is advocating, Aberle identified four types of social movements:
redemptive, reformative, revolutionary and alternative
. Other categories have been used to distinguish between types of social movements.
Revolutionary movements
seek to completely change every aspect of society—their goal is to change all of society in a dramatic way. Examples include the Civil Rights Movement or the political movements, such as a push for communism.
- Better economic or political position of movement constituents.
- Growth (including origins) of social movement popular support.
- Acceptance as a normal part of the political process.
- agitation.
- resource mobilization.
- organization.
- institutionalization.
- decline/death.
We know that social movements can occur on the local, national, or even global stage. … Examples include
antinuclear groups
, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the Dreamers movement for immigration reform, and the Human Rights Campaign’s advocacy for Marriage Equality.
- Technology.
- Population.
- War and conquest.
- Diffusion.
- Values and beliefs.
- Physical environment.
The four stages of social movement development are
emergence, coalescence, bureaucra- tization, and decline
. The Decline stage can result from several different causes, such as repression, co-optation, success, failure, and mainstream.
- social movements have been powerful means for ordinary people to participate directly in creating positive social change.
- they are deeply grounded in our founding values of justice, democracy, civil rights etc.
Social movements are defined as
networks of informal interactions between a plurality of individuals, groups and/or organizations
, engaged in political or cultural conflicts, on the basis of shared collective identities.
There are four different roles activists and social movements need to play in order to successfully create social change:
the citizen, rebel, change agent, and reformer
. Each role has different purposes, styles, skills, and needs and can be played effectively or ineffectively.
Social movements start
when people realize that there is a specific problem in their society that they want to address
. This realization can come from the dissatisfaction people feel or information and knowledge they get about a specific issue. … The first stage of the social movement is known as emergence.
What are the four major characteristics of modernization?
- Application of technology and mechanisation: …
- Industrialisation: …
- Urbanisation: …
- Rise in national and per capital Income: …
- Increase in Literacy: …
- Political participation: …
- 7. Development of Mass-Media techniques: …
- Social Mobility:
Social movements do not necessarily bring solutions to the social problems. They may champion the cause of social problems but cannot always promise a lasting solution. Social movements
may promise to bring about social change and they do bring it
. But it is not a one way process.
