POL101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Radical Change, Mass Hysteria, Gambling
22 Jan 2016
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Workers right movement- work condition, child labour, minimum wage- late 19th century. Civil rights movement-1960s- march on washington in 1963. Collective behaviour- voluntary, often spontaneous activity that is engaged in by a large number of people and typically violated dominant group norms and values. Cause for social movement but also a consequence for the social movement (a cycle) Some collective actions are routine and others are non-routine. Routine collective actions tend to be nonviolent and follow established patterns of behaviour in bureaucratic social structure: organized and planned, concerned effort over a long period of time-not spontaneous, sometimes start as non routine and becomes routine. Starts as a mob and after tries to raise awareness after that: not knowing how else to express discontent. Non-routine collective action tends to be short-lived and sometimes violent (mob, riots, panic) History: three centuries ago, social movements typically were small, localized, and violent, subsequent growth of the state led to changes in social movements, including:
