SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Power Balance, Marxism, Structural Marxism
25 Feb 2015
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Arab spring: egypt protesting political, human rights, economic (jobs, minimum wages, food prices too high) issues, police and military personnel brutality against innocent civilians, social media allowing people to reach out to other political leaders. Tiananmen square, 1989 china: university student protesting communist government, wanted social justice, greater rights for democracy, protestor were killed by government forces. Civil rights movement: malcolm x, dr. martin luther king jr. non-violence, ghandi non-violence. Elite theory: different groups within society are continually fighting to have power shared. How to measure political engagement: financial contributions, apathetic don"t care who is voted into office, socioeconomic status is positively related with political engagement, attitudes that it matters who is in office. Relative deprivation theory: when people lack economic resources, they start social movements. Resource mobilization theory: the people who are involved in social movements actually come from those backgrounds with economic resources as they are interested and can have effects on society.
