SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alexis De Tocqueville, Nationstates, World Wide Fund For Nature
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Citizenship participation in politics: one of the foremost concerns of contemporary political sociologists is the manner and the degree of citizen participation in politics. Trust in the political order and political leaders: as anticipated, those citizens who rank highest on the sense of trust in the political order also tend to rank highest on the degree of their participation in politics. Social movements: social movements are important means (or vehicles) of bringing about political and cultural changes through collective action. Social change: the alteration of social structures with respect not only to institutions and actions but also to changes in cultural elements, such as norms, bellies, and values. Social structure: relatively stable patterns of social relations. Certainly, not all social movements target the state. Different between social movements and political parties and interest groups. Movement scholars generally regarded movements as challengers that are at least outsiders with regard to the established power structure in part insiders with at least some.
