SOCI 1002 Chapter 2: Social Movements, Chapter 2.docx
6 Apr 2015
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Developed by sociologists associated with symbolic interactionalist approach. Symbolic interactionism, a psychological theory that focuses on how actors construct meanings through social interaction. Collective behavior develops in situations where established systems of meaning and sources of information have broken down, forcing participants to construct new meanings to guide their behavior. Emergent norm"- a shared view of reality that justifies and co-ordinates collective behavior. May become highly elaborated ideologies such as the environmentalist"s view of the consequences of ecological imbalance and the. Focus on the emergence of social movements and the creation of new forms of activity and organization. Emergent forms of social order develop through the interactions of individuals in social movements. Ideology plays important role in highlight injustices and guiding collective behavior, but beliefs that control this behavior are not fixed. Systems of belief emerge and develop as actors interact with targets and themselves.
