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Soc Unit 3
Chapter 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| collective action | action that takes place in groups and diverges from the social norms of the situation |
| crowd collective | must be face-to-face with other members of your group |
| mass collective action | people grouping together from all over like writing letters |
| convergence theory | collective action happens when people with similar ideas and tendencies gather in the same place. Doesn't require planning. Example is riots |
| contagion theory | collective action rises because of peoples tendency to conform to the behavior of others with whom they are in close contact with. Downplays individuality, ya kinda just vibe with those around you |
| emergent norm theory | theory of collective action emphasizing the influence of keynoters in promoting new behavioral norms. No formally elected leader, and sometimes its just the first person to react |
| group affiliation | only person in the world with specific collection of groups, your identities can conflict with one another, and you develop emotional attachment to those who share the same group |
| social movement | collective behavior that is purposeful and organized and that seeks to challenge or change one or more aspects of society through institutional and extra-institutional means. Always has goals and is organized and intentional |
| alternative social movements | seek most limited societal change and often target a narrow group of people. Wants to change individuals behavior toward a specific thing |
| redemptive social movement | target specific groups of people but advocate for more radical change in behavior. Want you to change and give your resources to change. Structured routines help change your life, not just individual behavior. Wants to return people to the norm of society |
| reformative social action | advocate for limited social change across an entire society. Believes that if we alter our daily behavior, the ripples through social structures may result in large scale revolutionary change |
| revolutionary social movements | advocate the radical reorganization of society. People overthrowing government or wanting to change things like the civil rights movement. Non-violent are the most successful |
| Value-added theory | theory claiming that certain conditions are required for a social movement to coalesce and achieve a successful outcome |
| Rules for value-added theory | social strain that power holders are unable or unwilling to alleviate, people agree on a definition of the problem, people free to act of their grievance, spark must ignite controversy, mobilization for action, failure of social control by power holders |
| frame alignment | linkage of individual and social movement organization interpretative orientations. Getting people to see an issue through a lens that refract in the light you want them to see it in |
| amplificaiton | making issue appeal to more people like linking climate change to health issues |
| bridging | bringing in new frame into issue like making immigration about crime |
| transformation | blow up existing frame to provide a completely new way of looking and the world like George Floyd calling for defunding the police |
| BLM | Loosely led, rejected traditional institutions for black social movement organizing, eschewed respectability politics, and accomplished very little |
| classical model | model of social movements based on concept of structured weakness in society that results in psychological disruption of individuals |
| resource-mobilization theory | emphasizes political context and goals but also states that social movements are unlikely to emerge without the necessary resources. Elites lead, costs and benefits of joining, need resources |
| political process model | focuses on structure of political opportunities. More successful if challenger is favorable. Expansion of political opportunities, indigenous organized strength, and certain shared cognitions effect influence |
| emergence | occurs when the social problem being addressed is first identified |
| coalescence | resources are mobilized around the problems outlined in the first stage. More people become aware of problem and they need money and support |
| routinization or instituionalization | social movement becomes institutionalized and a formal structure develops to promote the cause |
| social movement organizations | develop to recruit new members and coordinate participation. They help raise money, clarify goals, and structure participation in the moment |
| professional movement organization | full time leadership staff dedicated to movement and large memberships base that plays minor role |
| mass protest organization | advocates for social change through protest and demonstration, high levels of member participation |
| grassroots organization | relies on high level of community based membership participation to promote social change. Lacks hierarchical structure and works through existing political structures |
| premodernity | concentric circles of social affiliation, low degree of division of labor, relatively underdeveloped tech, and traditional social norms |
| modernity | social relations characterized by rationally, bureaucratization, and objectivity as well as individually created by nonconcentric, but overlapping group affliations. Science and tech |
| Weber | believes that modernity started from protestant reformation |
| postmodernity | characterized by questioning of the notion of progress and history, the replacement of narrative with pastiche, and multiple, even conflicting, identies resulting from disjointed affiliations |
| technology and innovation | Tech makes big change, people can work remotely, connect with others quicker |
| new ideas and identites | new health stuff starts social change, electric cars are nice cause get to aid climate |
| social change and conflict | division of Germany, WW2 responsible for cold war, each thesis has antithesis |
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