POL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Federal Accountability Act, Anti-Globalization Movement, Occupy Movement
21 Apr 2016
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Social movements play a very important role in contemporary democracy they shake up the received opinions about what kind of society we live in and what are acceptable forms of behavior. ian angus, emergent publics. Distinguished from one another depending upon whether they pursue a public interest or a special interest. Although groups claim to be pursuing the public interest, they can be generally categorized as self interest groups because their principal concern is to improve their own position, usually economic. Most groups are autonomous, in the sense that they develop withou. t government initiative, although they may later seek government financial support. Politicians or bureaucrats may actually be involved in the creation of such groups, whether for personal gain or in the hope of. More narrowly focussed issue oriented entities that pursue a specific policy agenda that primarily benefits their own immediate memberships sometimes impermanent in that they often disband upon achieving their objectives.
