CCT320H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Movement Theory, Idle No More, Collective Action
10 Feb 2016
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Social change is the made through collective efforts and initiatives. Social change: a range of social and civic outcomes that corrects injustice. Broader networks of groups and individuals that struggle for change (joanne naiman 2004, p. 334) Important means of bringing about political and cultural changes through collective action (susan staggenborg 2011, p. ix) Profound effects on social policies, cultural norms, and public opinion. Changes in how we connect, communicate, collaborate. Transformations in technology contribute to social change. Ex: the internet: connects individuals and groups, speeds up communication. How and why people collectively participate in communities of practice; Collective challenges [to elites, authorities, other groups or cultural codes] by people with common purposes and solidarity in sustained interactions with elites, opponents, and authorities ------ tarrow. Distinguished from political parties or advocacy groups. Profound effect on social policies, cultural norms, and public. Individual has little power in social structures opinion. Disruption of social life that defined normal social conduct.
