SOC446H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tarana Burke, Alyssa Milano, Rational Choice Theory
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Week 2 january 15 classical social movements i: resource. Resource mobilization (rm) theory: analyzing social movements and collective action (buechler 1993) Argues that access to resources are important to determining the success of a movement. Rm theory redefined the study of collective action as deviance and disorganization to a case study in political and organizational sociology. Social movements are an extension of politics, structured and patterned- organizational dynamics. Movements are normal, rational, institutionally rooted in which political challenges are expressed by aggrieved groups. Focuses on the experiences of sexual violence survivors. An effort to effect social change, organized primarily through social media, where it is often expressed as #metoo. The me too movement can trace its origins to 2006. Burke, an american social activist, began to use the phrase me too on the myspace social network to highlight the occurrence of sexual harassment, particularly as it targeted women of color.
