POLI 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter Social Movements : Universal Design, Culture Of Switzerland, False Consciousness
21 Mar 2017
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Social movement (kriesi): to be an organized, sustained, self-conscious challenge to existing authorities on behalf of constituencies whose goals are not effectively taken into account by these authorities. Social movements attract dissatisfied outsiders who challenge the policies of the authorities. Only loosely organized except for a small group of core movement activists who staff the social movement organization, individual citizens are solicited for active participation in movement campaigns only for limited periods of time. Try to catch the public eye using actions, eg. demonstrations and strikes. Dissatisfied with traditional political parties and interest groups. More immediate european concern, have a higher density, eg. water population. 1970s nuclear power: limits to economic growth in order to eliminate the need for provisions of more and more energy: disposal of radioactive waste = technological development over which the experts had lost control. Global warming 1980s: sourced in pollution, curtailing private transportation.
