Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Political Opportunity, Environment Of Canada, Direct Democracy

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Alcantara

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Social movements can occur in any country. Powerful voices and tool to change and they fundamentally change the societal system. Are purposive collective actions whose outcome, in victory as in defeat, transforms the values and institutions of society. Implies there is some sort of cooperation among a set of group of individuals: not just aimed at the state or society, but both. Interest groups treat countries as having a distinct group within them, and emerge from this distinction of groups. Radical strategies: social movements tend to be more radical, do(cid:374)"t just (cid:449)a(cid:374)t poli(cid:272)(cid:455) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges, (cid:271)ut (cid:272)ultural (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges, more willing to engage in direct action plans, protests, marches, sit ins. Interest groups can be a part of social movements: consensual decision making. Political opportunity structure: dimensions of the political environment that provide incentives for collective a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) affe(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g people"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s for su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess or failure.