MGMT 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968), Sidney Tarrow, Resource Mobilization
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1960s: people mistakenly believed that ideological beliefs would be replaced by pluralistic, pragmatic ideas, what really happened: black sit-ins civil rights movement leftist activism urban riots antiwar demonstrations, etc. all around the world. Social movements become common and continued into the 1980s. All scholars emphasize the importance: political opportunities- structure of political opportunities and constraints confronting the movement, mobilizing structures- forms of organizations available to protesters. Framing processes- collective processes of interpretation, attribution, and social construction that mediate between opportunity and action. Political process theorists (charles tilly, doug mcadam, sidney tarrow) firmly established the link between institutionalized politics and social movements/revolutions. To answer this, scholars have studied the same movement from different national lenses. Common denominator when exploring these questions: social movements and revolutions are shaped by the broader set of political constraints and opportunities unique to the national context in which they are embedded.
