SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Aids, Lgbt Social Movements, Pride Week (Toronto)
19 Feb 2014
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Social movements: a force to change the world. Interested in work condition, child labor, minimum wage. Women rights movement (right to vote 1919) Civil rights movement (1960s: march on washington in 1963, fight for equality. Gay rights movement (1980s: toronto pride parade. Occurs when people act in unison to bring about or resist social, Some collective actions are routine and others are non-routine: routine: collective actions tend to be nonviolent and follow established patterns of behavior in bureaucratic social structures, non-routine: collective action tends to be short-lived and sometimes violent. Most non-routine collective action requires social organization. Collective action can result in creation of one or more formal organizations or bureaucracies to direct and further aims of its members. Institutionalization of protest signifies establishment of a social movement. For social movements to grow, members must make activities, goals, and ideology of movement consistent with interests, beliefs, and values of potential recruits.
