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| crowds of people who are focused on a specific action or goal |
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| social movements that limit themselves to self-improvement changes in individuals |
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| a theory that credits individuals in crowds as behaving as rational thinkers and views crowds as engaging in purposeful behavior and collective action |
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| people who share close proximity without really interacting |
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| a noninstitutionalized activity in which several people voluntarily engage |
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| people who come together for a regularly scheduled event |
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| a fairly large number of people who share close proximity |
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| the process of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people |
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| a social problem that is stated in a clear, easily understood manner |
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| a perspective that emphasizes the importance of social norms in crowd behavior |
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| crowds who share opportunities to express emotions |
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| a large group of people who gather together in a spontaneous activity that lasts a limited amount of time |
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| using bridging, amplification, extension, and transformation as an ongoing and intentional means of recruiting participants to a movement |
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| a relatively large group with a common interest, even if they may not be in close proximity |
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| the process that increases the amount of specialization and differentiation of structure in societies |
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| new social movement theory |
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| a theory that attempts to explain the proliferation of postindustrial and postmodern movements that are difficult to understand using traditional social movement theories |
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| nongovernmental organizations working globally for numerous humanitarian and environmental causes |
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| social movements that state a clear solution and a means of implementation |
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| an unorganized, relatively diffuse group of people who share ideas |
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| movements that seek to change something specific about the social structure |
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| religious/redemptive movements |
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| movements that work to promote inner change or spiritual growth in individuals |
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| those who seek to prevent or undo change to the social structure |
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| resource mobilization theory |
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| a theory that explains social movements’ success in terms of their ability to acquire resources and mobilize individuals |
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| movements that seek to completely change every aspect of society |
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| the change in a society created through social movements as well as through external factors like environmental shifts or technological innovations |
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| a purposeful organized group hoping to work toward a common social goal |
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| the collection of the social movement organizations that are striving toward similar goals |
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| social movement organization |
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| a single social movement group |
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| the multiple social movement industries in a society, even if they have widely varying constituents and goals |
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| a functionalist perspective theory that posits that several preconditions must be in place for collective behavior to occur |
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