Social Movements

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The study of how collective action and social change occur through movements such as civil rights, women's rights, and environmental movements.

Social movements and collective action: This topic covers the basics of social movements, including what they are, their goals, and how they operate.
Political opportunities and constraints: This covers the factors that influence the success or failure of social movements, including the political environment, resources, and tactics.
Mobilization and recruitment: This topic covers how social movements recruit and motivate participants to take action.
Framing and messaging: This covers the importance of effective messaging and framing to mobilize communities and gain support.
Types of social movements: This covers the different types of social movements, such as reformist, revolutionary, and counter-movements.
Globalization and transnational movements: This covers the ways in which social movements are interconnected across borders and global regions.
Intersectionality: This covers the intersections between social movements and issues of race, gender, class, and other social identities.
Social media and technology: This covers the ways in which social movements use social media and technology to organize and mobilize.
Repression and resistance: This covers the ways in which social movements can be repressed by authorities and how they resist such repression.
The role of social movements in social change: This covers the impact of social movements on social change and the conditions necessary for successful social change.
Environmental movements: They focus on protecting the natural environment and resources from harm.
Women's movements: They seek to promote women's rights and gender equality.
Anti-war movements: They oppose war and military conflicts.
Civil rights movements: They advocate for equal rights and treatment for all people, regardless of their race or ethnicity.
Labor movements: They fight for workers' rights, better wages, and improved working conditions.
LGBT movements: They aim to promote equality and reduce discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community.
Religious movements: They seek to promote and protect the religious practices of a given group.
Animal rights movements: They focus on protecting the rights of animals and preventing animal abuse.
Anti-globalization movements: They oppose the unregulated flow of goods, services, and capital across national boundaries.
Indigenous people's movements: They promote the interests and rights of Indigenous people, who are often marginalized in many societies.
Peace movements: They aim to promote peace and prevent war and violent conflict.
Pro-life and Pro-choice movements: They focus on either defending or advocating for the legal status of abortion worldwide.
Free speech movements: They advocate for freedom of expression, media freedom, and uncensored information.
Consumer movements: They aim to promote safe and healthy products and hold corporations accountable for their actions.
Sovereignty movements: They seek the independence and self-determination of a specific group or region.
Anti-poverty movements: They work to reduce poverty and improve the standard of living of impoverished communities.
Right-wing movements: They typically promote conservative ideologies and social norms.
Patriot movements: They seek to promote national identity and pride, while resisting or opposing external threats.
Cyber-activism or Digital activism movements: They use social media and other digital technologies to mobilize support for a cause or issue.
Humanitarian movements: They aim to provide aid and support to people affected by natural disasters, wars, and poverty.
- "A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one." - "This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one."
- "It is a type of group action and may involve individuals, organizations, or both." - "They represent a method of social change from the bottom within nations."
- "Political science and sociology have developed a variety of theories and empirical research on social movements." - "Some research in political science highlights the relation between popular movements and the formation of new political parties." - "Sociologists distinguish between several types of social movements examining things such as scope, type of change, method of work, range, and time frame."
- "Modern Western social movements became possible through education (the wider dissemination of literature) and increased mobility of labor due to industrialization and urbanization." - "The freedom of expression, education, and relative economic independence prevalent in modern Western culture are responsible for the unprecedented number and scope of various contemporary social movements."
- "Social movements have been and continue to be closely connected with democratic political systems." - "Occasionally, social movements have been involved in democratizing nations, but more often they have flourished after democratization."
- "Modern movements often use technology and the internet to mobilize people globally." - "Adapting to communication trends is a common theme among successful movements."
- "Research is beginning to explore how advocacy organizations linked to social movements use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action."
- "They represent a method of social change from the bottom within nations." - "They may empower oppressed populations to mount effective challenges and resist the more powerful and advantaged elites."
- "They represent a method of social change from the bottom within nations."
- "Many of the social movements of the last hundred years grew up, like the Mau Mau in Kenya, to oppose Western colonialism."
- "Sociologists distinguish between several types of social movement examining things such as scope, type of change, method of work, range, and time frame." - "Some research in political science highlights the relation between popular movements and the formation of new political parties."
- "Over the past 200 years, they have become part of a popular and global expression of dissent."
- "Adapting to communication trends is a common theme among successful movements."
- "Modern Western social movements became possible through education (the wider dissemination of literature) and increased mobility of labor due to industrialization and urbanization."
- "They represent a method of social change from the bottom within nations."
- "Occasionally, social movements have been involved in democratizing nations, but more often they have flourished after democratization."
- "Social movements have been described as 'organizational structures and strategies that may empower oppressed populations to mount effective challenges and resist the more powerful and advantaged elites'."
- "Modern movements often use technology and the internet to mobilize people globally." - "Adapting to communication trends is a common theme among successful movements."
- "Sociologists distinguish between several types of social movement examining things such as scope, type of change, method of work, range, and time frame."
- "Research is beginning to explore how advocacy organizations linked to social movements use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action."