SOC 1105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Highlander Research And Education Center, Civil Disobedience, Peace Movement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1105
• Professor: Liam Kilmurray

Document Summary

*several major theoretical approaches have influenced the thinking of social movement scholars in. *researchers tend to borrow from different theoretical approaches, and theorists try to synthesize them. *however, few scholars attempt to build universal theories that can be applied across time or space. "collective behavior" and "resource mobilization" mostly from u. s. But, many cross-national collaborations and influences between europe and north america. *referred to as classical model of social movements. *have also been labeled strain or breakdown theories -collective behavior comes from social disruption, grievances deeply felt, instead of standard part of political process. *theorists have studied wide range of phenomena (eg. crowds, riots, social movements, etc). *study of crowds began in late 19th century. Gustave le bon (european theorist) analyzed psychology to explain crowd behaviour. But most collective behavior theorists disagree that crowds are irrational. But some note linkages between non- and institutionalized structures. They are unstructured situations unbound by established norms.