POL101Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cold War, One-China Policy, Conditionality
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A non-institutional means of attaining change through collective action by a group of individuals with common/shared goals and interests. According to mccarthy+ zald, social movement only requires the acknowledgement of a concern (it does not need to be acted upon or shared) The shared understanding of a problem and a solution (i. e. / we are the 99% motivated people to understand a particular issue and relate with it. A spark to a social movement sets this in motion. Individual acts can be seen to mobilize the collective (4) what are the core concepts in political process theory: political opportunity. The feature of a political environment that influence the emergence of the movement (i. e. division amongst elites, repression, etc. : mobilizing structures. The ties that connect individuals to groups that organize action (through formal social organizations and informal, i. e. kinship, friendship networks: frames. The collective understanding of a problem and a possible solution.
