SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -System On A Chip, Resource Mobilization, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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They are explicitly political tho they operate in areas of concern that are at least initially outside the agenda of formal politics such as women"s rights, racial discrim n climate change. They are inherently pluralist n are by virtue of their composition intrinsically engaged in a politics of representation. Movements: refers to something wider than a specific campaign. Social movements may produce a plurality of campaigns sometimes coordinated but at other times contradictory in their different tactics and ethics. Networks: provide both means for mobilization of resources and a novel soc context for the development of soc identity n solidarity. Soc movements produce identities that are divers and fluid rather than single ; when movements crystalize in the form of political parties that claim to represent their values they become assimilated n no longer define soc movements. Green party loss distinctiveness because mainstream parties adopt their concerns as policy ;abandoning ideology in pursuit of populism.
