Introduction to Sociology/Social Movements/Yerim j

1. Summary

 Social movement is an alliance of people.
They share a common interest in social change.

 According to Giddens, social movements work in four areas ;
 democratic movements that work for political rights, labor movements that work for control of the workplace, ecological movements that are concerned with the environment, and Peace movements.

 Aberle classified the types of social movements according to two criteria.
[1] who is the movement attempting to change
[2] how much change is being advocated.

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Social_Movements

And there are many theories that explain social movements.
: Deprivation Theory, Mass-Society Theory, Structural-Strain Theory, Resource-Mobilization Theory, Political Process Theory, Culture Theory.

2.   new, interesting, or unusual items learned.

Among many theories, I was most interested in Culture Theory.
Culture theory builds upon both the political process and resource-mobilization theories.
But there are two parts that are expanded.

 First, it emphasizes the importance of movement culture.
 Second, it attempts to address the free-rider problem.

They also claim that
 in order for social movements to successfully mobilize individuals, they must develop an 'injustice frame'.

3.     Discussion

What does it mean for a social movement to succeed?

The success of a social movement is the death of the social movement.
Once the objectives of the social movement are fully achieved, the society no longer needs that social movement.
It will no longer be a social movement but a history and a memory.