POLSCI 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sidney Tarrow, Neurodiversity
17 Jan 2018
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Social movement: purposive collective action whose outcome, in victory as in defeat, transforms the values and institutions of society. (castells p. 24 of smith) ^^^groups can organize and challenge the values of society. Social movement: collective challenges by people with common purposes and solidarity in sustained interaction with elites, opponents and authorities (sidney tarrow power in. Shows a poll result of the civil rights movement led by martin luther king, how many people thought his methods and the freedom riders would hurt the african-american movement of equality. Examples of social movement: womens march 2017 in hamilton. Dimensions of social movement analysis jongston p. 6. Smith points out that movements are important because they have social change goals, but different movements have different goals and their goals must be understood and scrutinized. Mobilization to affect the state both through contentious action (demonstrations, petitions, civil disobedience) and through various representational vehicles (parties, interest groups)
