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| What is the key to understanding social movements? |
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Definition
| Understanding Collective Action |
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What are some common examples of contrasts seen within society?
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Urban vs Rural
Democracy vs Authoritarian
Capitalism vs Communism |
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| What kind of social movements are commonly seen in the United States? |
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Definition
Rights Issue movements
ex.
Civil Rights
Voting Rights
Free Speech Rights |
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| When do Social Movements tend to arise? |
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Definition
-When people perceive the deprivation they experience as wrong and SUBJECT TO REDRESS
-Major Social and Economic Changes: Industrialization, War, Migration, Growing Affluence
-Periods of Political Opening
-Instability
-Divisions among political elites
-Other social movements (act like cycles) |
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| Collective action is traditionally defined as any action aiming to improve the group’s conditions (such as status or power), which is enacted by a representative of the group |
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| What factors facilitate Collective Action? |
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Definition
1. Obvious Enemy
2. Ease of Communication
3. Free Media
4. Open/Democratic regime
5. Confidence
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| What factors impede Collection Action? |
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Definition
1. More subtle enemy
2. Organizational Diffusion
3. Difficulty of Communication
4. Controlled Media
5. Authoritarian Regime
6. FEAR |
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| What were the difference between the Civil Rights Movement pre-1965 and post-1965? |
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Definition
Pre-1965 Goals
-Desegregation
-Voting Rights
The Enemy was The South, Jim Crow laws, and the Southern Sheriff. The answer was assimilation
Embodiment: MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech
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Post-1965 Goals
-Identity Politics
-Economic Rights
The Enemy was "The System." The answer was to overthrow it
Embodiment: Black Power Movement
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