SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lgbt Social Movements, Collective Behavior, Social Movement
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Workers rights movement: late 19th c. , demand for better working conditions, banning of child labour, minimum wage. Women rights movement: right to vote, 1919. Social movements are a study of con ict within a given society. Social movements usually challenge/violate dominant group norms and values. Collective behaviour: routine: tend to be nonviolent and follow established patterns of behaviour in bureaucratic social structures, non-routine: tend to be short-lived and sometimes violent (mob, riot, panic) Three centuries ago: social movements typically were small, localized, and violent. Subsequent growth of the state led to changes in social movements, including: Growing in size (partly due to increased literacy, modes of communication, and new densely populated social settings) Becoming less violent (size and organization often allowed movements to become suf ciently powerful to get their way without frequently resorting to extreme measures) Four stages in efforts to expand rights of citizens:
