SA 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Social Movement Organization, Slacktivism, David Suzuki

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Suzanna Crage

Document Summary

Social change is the change in society created through social movements, as well as external factors like environmental shifts or technological innovations. Essentially, any disruptive shift in the status quo, whether intentional or random, human- caused or natural, can lead to social change. Whether left-wing or right-wing, radical or conservative, highly organized or very diffused, they are all examples of social movements. Social movements are collective efforts by relatively powerless groups to promote or resist social change (e. g. , political, cultural, economic, ethnic, sexual, identity), using a variety of tactics. They might be focused on political, cultural or economic issues, the rights of specific identity groups, or a combination of more than one of these. Social movements generally include social movement organizations these are names, organized groups (organizations) that are engaged in actions to advance to movement"s goals. Most movements that operate a broader levels have multiple social movements organizations that identify with then.