The first stage of the social movement life cycle is known as
the emergence
, or, as described by Blumer, the “social ferment” stage (De la Porta & Diani, 2006). Within this stage, social movements are very preliminary and there is little to no organization.
Political movements that evolved in late eighteenth century, like those connected to the French Revolution and Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791, are among the first documented social movements, although Tilly notes that
the British abolitionist movement
has “some claim” to be the first social movement (becoming one …
- agitation.
- resource mobilization.
- organization.
- institutionalization.
- decline/death.
Social movements have a life cycle: They are created (stage 1: emergence), they grow (stage 2: coalescence), they achieve successes or failures (
stage 3: bureaucratization
), and eventually, they dissolve and cease to exist (stage 4: decline).
Emergence
is the first stage in a social movement were everything is just getting started. in this stage nothing is organized and people aren't coming together yet, and there is no known person to blame. … a social movement can succeeded, failure, Co-optation, Repression, or, Establishment within mainstream society.
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.
- Change must be framed as a crisis.
- Has to be grounded in science.
- Has to have an economic basis.
- You must have evangelists.
- Coalition building.
- Advocacy.
- Government involvement.
- Mass communication.
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.
The old social movements clearly saw
reorganisation of power relations
as a central goal. … So the ‘new' social movements were not about changing the distribution of power in society but about quality-of-life issues such as having a clean environment.
Social movements are defined as
networks of informal interactions between a plurality of individuals, groups andor organizations
, engaged in political or cultural conflicts, on the basis of shared collective identities.
Four major stages in the life cycle of a social movement include
emergence, coalescence, institutionalization or bureaucratization, and decline
. Social movements may have political, cultural, and biographical consequences.
Social movements occur when
large groups of individuals or organizations work for or against change in social and/or political matters
.
The social problems process typically involves a series of stages:
claimsmaking
(involving various figures, including activists and experts, as claimsmakers); media coverage; public reactions; policy-making; the social problems work of implementing policy; and policy outcomes.
When change in social structure, social order,
social values
, certain customs and traditions, socio- cultural norms, code of conduct, way of conducting oneself in the society, standards, attitudes, customs and traditions of the society and related factors take place, it is said that there is social change.
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.
- The Reformation.
- The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
- The Civil Rights movement.
- The feminist movement.
- The LGBTQ+ rights movement.
- The green movement.
