SOCI 386 Lecture Notes - Rape Culture, Idle No More, Black Bloc
31 Mar 2013
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Movements vs campaigns i. e. idle no more is a campaign within the enduring aboriginal movement. Challengers to state in sms are outsiders- can influence the state with sms and collective action but do not have access to decision-making process on a regular basis. Upper classes and businesses engage in quiet politics behind doors, such as making calls, having conferences and giving money. Challengers to the state and corporations engage in protest to compensate for their lack of resources, because they cannot engage in these sorts of quiet politics . Tilly"s view of sms as politics by other means, as contentious politics (a collective political struggle which uses the same processes as nationalism, revolution, and civil war, which are both contained and transgressive) Not necessarily, they often target the church, social norms, cultural codes etc. Can be either considered sms or cultural movements.
