POL_S 400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Movement, Theda Skocpol
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Is a group feeling of inequality must be via-a-via another group and increases group identification and cohesion. Produces a strong desire to create change and can cause social movement not just violent ones. In open societies it means social or political movements but in closed society it means political violence. When the cost of doing something is less than the benefit: increase benefits, reduce the cost, raise cost of non- participation, glorify participation. Social movement happens when the opportunity occurs. Focuses on acquiring material resources and acquiring participants: money and weapons, strong organizing base of people, ability to define threat or goal and provide organizational capacity. Low levels of rule of law and high levels of criminal activities frequently by organized groups. Lootable resource things that can be easily taken from the environment like diamonds, gold, timber and drugs can make a civil war continue through greed.
