- "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."
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.
- "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."