POLB91H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Political Opportunity, False Consciousness, Social Movement
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What are the three core concepts in social movement theory: political opportunities, mobilizing structures, frames. What are examples of ongoing social movements: woman rights movement, social class movement, the 99% Mobilizing structures: the ties that connect individuals to groups that organize action: professional smos (planned parenthood, greenpeace, grassroots ngos, church of religious organization, informal groups (choir groups, reading groups, informal networks (kinship, friendship, neighborly) Frames: collective understandings of a problem and a possible solution: diagnostic, prognostic, motivational. The collective actions of non-collective actors: shared practices of large numbers of ordinary people. Fragmented but similar activities trigger much social change, even without recognizable leadership or an organizational basis. Quiet encroachment: quiet, largely atomized and prolonged mobilization, episodic collective action, open and fleeting struggles without clear leadership, ideology, or structured organization, a form of self-help with goal of redistribution of social goods and attaining autonomy.
