SOCI 386 Lecture Notes - Social Capital, Jim Crow Laws, Collective Effervescence

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If there hadn"t been an election, liberals might still be in power. Student strike ended because of bill 12/78 which restricted civil liberties- fine of. /day for organizing (also ended due to election) Time frame is critical here- student strike was just one tactic, a campaign within a wider social movement. Impact of student strike still being felt (summit on education) Difficult to define and depends on who you talk to, because different people will have different goals. Success in influencing public discourse, success in getting media coverage, concrete benefits for constituents of movement. Movements are more influential in the early stage of the policy process (determining agenda) Factors affecting likelihood of success (gamson: single issue demands, selective incentives to sustain mobilization, use of violence/disruptive tactics, political opportunity structure, organization- bureaucratization, centralization and nonfactionalism. Thought movements needed to be non-bureaucratic and disruptive.

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