SOCI 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Amartya Sen, Boiling Point, Meritocracy
13 Dec 2015
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Growth of cities/industrialization allowed for social movements. Social movements are subtype of contentious politics: making claims on authorities. Difference between social movements and social movement organizations (smo) is scale. Social movements: collective efforts, of some duration and organization, using non- that clash with the interests of other groups. Charles tilley institutionalized methods to try to bring about social change. Originates out of period of crisis for the dominant social order. Social control may step in to prevent action. Strain that causes the action is always identi ed after the protest. Model doesn"t live up to its predictive aspirations. How beliefs and ideas emerge from a crowd. How rules of meaning in human interaction are created in crowds. Isolated people most likely to participate in collective behaviour. Problem: it is actually the other way around. Rising standards of living - raised expectations - create feelings of desperation when aspirations are not met - protest.
