POLC99H3 Lecture 3: POLC99 LECTURE 3.docx
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4 characteristics collective organized actors who mobilize and make demands on: informal interaction networks: web of actions, network circulate, shared beliefs and solidarity: common set of beliefs, sense of belonging that binds all together, collective action focusing on conflicts: arise in response to a specific problem (issue specific), use of protest: on institutionalized nature, not a political party or interest group, rooted in civil society. Inequalities (cid:224) discontent: social movements are a collective reaction to some form of strain or conflict, the central focus is on the role of individuals rather than systems in movement formation, the motivation for movement participation is rooted in psychological rather than political goals, criticism, suggests a simple and direct relation between conflict and collective action, implies that movement participants suffer from a abnormalities, views social movements as made up of individuals rather than a collective phenomenon.
