SOCI 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethical Consumerism, Social Movement, Collective Identity
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Collective efforts to bring about or resist social change. By people who can"t rely on routine access to power ( underdogs outsiders ) Making some use of disruptive or unconventional tactics. Continuity over time, some level or type of organization. Some use of both conventional and unconventional tactics. This is where social change often comes from -- not from above . The drama of empowerment, individual and collective. Dramatizing a core issue in sociology: we make history but not under conditions of our own choosing ; we are agents but also objects. The civil rights movements(documentary), immigrant rights, organized racism, the right-wing populism, lgbt activism, political consumerism (e. g. fair table) A note on studying vs. advocating for social movements. E. g. grievances vs. opportunities, collective identities, social ties. You probably won"t get anywhere by saying please . All this is an agenda for organizing, but also for course, e. g. how individuals and institutions come to be involved.
