SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Civil Society, Social Capital, Voluntary Sector
25 May 2020
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Lecture 14: the role of the state in social movements [ch. An increased sense of rights, recognition, and agency? (i. e. willing to speak up and assert one"s rights) have caused smos to become increasingly professionalized and institutionalized, and less disruptive. Protests have now become less disruptive as social media alone provides enough attention to them, and spreads their information very quickly. We can all participate in civil society through public debates. Civil society is the space that intends to include all of us, and has the idea of respectful active participation and engagement. Ex = changes in turning out to vote, to moving away from voting at all and instead shifting to participating in civic discussions in other ways, such as via social media platforms. > whether these smos have been affected by the change in leadership with the change in prime ministers) These questions are informed/influenced by political process theory (ppt)
