SOC 1105 Chapter : Class 2. Social Movement Theories Chart.docx
Social Movement Theories
Theoretical
Perspective
Origins of
Movement
Important
Features +
Focuses
Key Outcomes
of Movements
Collective
Behaviour
Social
disruptions,
strains,
grievances;
precipitating
events
Social
psychology of
protest;
emergent
organization
and norms;
protest outside
institutional
structures
New meanings
and forms of
organization
Resource
Mobilization +
Political Process
Pre-existing
organization;
resources;
political
opportunities
and threats;
master frames
Connections
between social
movements and
political
process;
mobilizing
structures;
framing
strategies;
intuitional and
non-intuitional
forms of action
New resources,
organizations,
and frames;
cultural and
political changes
New Social
Movement
Large-scale
changes;
everyday
networks and
organizational
structures; new
types of
grievances
Collective
identity;
submerged
networks; new
types of
structures,
constituents and
ideologies
New types of
values,
identities, and
organizations;
cultural
innovations