SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Poverty Threshold, Occupy Movement, New Social Movements
2 Dec 2013
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When a group"s objectives cannot be achieved within, or are blocked by, an existing framework . Political and social change may require unorthodox forms of political action. Involves the overthrow of an existing political order by a means of mass movement, using violence. Collective attempts to further a common interest or secure a common goal through action outside of established institutions. Some social movements are international and use technology to link local campaigns to global issues. Argued that revolutions have not occurred because people live in constant poverty or deprivation they do not tend to rise up in revolution. Social protest and revolution are more likely when people"s conditions improve. Their expectations go up, but then slow down people feel frustrated. It isn"t until things start to get a little better for people that they agitate for better conditions. Therefore, it isn"t absolute deprivation that leads to revolution, but relative deprivation. Tilly asked why particular groups seek revolutionary change.
