POLB91H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Beijing Consensus, Developing Country, Mao Zedong
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Social movement are a form on contentious politics, they are collective making of claims that if realized would conflict with someone else"s interest. Governments are key actors in social movements as claimants, object, allies or monitors of contention. Social movements are not just for a short period they are sustained. A non-institutional means of attaining change through collective action by a group of individuals with common/shared goals and interests. Ex: marches, boycotts, group petitions, organized sabotage of state properly. According to mccarthy+ zald, social movement only requires the acknowledgement of a concern (it does not need to be acted upon or shared) Tilly says: all good things that we have are due to people fighting back against the government/state; such as worker rights-result of people pushing back the government. Different from protest: cause protests can be a form to educate people it"s a tool, social movements usually target governments. Social movements understand that the world isn"t even.
