SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Industrial Revolution, Occupy Wall Street, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
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November 18- social change: social movements/ social change. Social movements- social change is a movement that will instigate change. It is intentional, organized and enduring activities encourages or discourages social change. Deprivation (missed this part) & structural strain is another theory that explains why movements arise it describes the discrepancy between rising expectations and actual conditions in society (what"s wrong with society) The mass society theory is a how theory. It indicates that isolated individuals find identity in collective action and in the process of discovering who i am and what my purpose in life is we form a movement/ organization. Resource mobilization is another how theory of social movements. Success is linked to the ability to mobilize social resources. This theory takes the idea of social change from an idea into action. The culture change theory is another how theory. It activated change through cultural symbols and shared understandings. It activates change by appealing to the expression of understandings.