SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: The Sociological Imagination, Far-Left Politics, Free Speech Movement
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Use the analytic framework of history, biography, and social structure. History, biography, and social structure: freedom summer ii. It was the start of a diffusion process by which ideologies and tactics were introduced to a. This summer helped spread the cause to the north. Activism is enabled by the freedom that privilege, and to some extent youth, provides. For many of the applicants, participating in this project was an extension of their parents" values make their parents proud. Many parents were actually proudkids later in interviews said they did something that"d. Participation was mediated through organizational and social ties. Yes, women and younger applicants less likely to go. I don"t wanna go down and sit in an office all summer -some women. Not so muchall of the applicants were optimistic, idealistic, and committed. Yes, social connections mattered a lot--volunteers had more project friends and prior civil rights experience. Personal transformation linking to political and social change by the volunteers.
