Examples of social movement in the following topics:
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- Martin Luther King, Jr. is an example of an unofficial leader of a social movement--the Civil Rights Movement was a diffuse political movement, not a discrete organization, but King became the figurehead of the movement through his charismatic and influential leadership.
- Interest groups may be broader than one formal organization, in which case advocacy may form a social movement.
- A social movement is group action aimed at social change.
- Because of these factors, social movements do not always have a clear leader the way corporate lobbying efforts and media campaigns do.
- Differentiate between the different kinds of leadership structures in interest groups and social movements.
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- Social movements are a type of group action.
- They are large informal groupings of individuals or organizations which focus on specific political or social issues.
- In other words, they carry out, resist or undo a social change.
- Political science and sociology have developed a variety of theories and empirical research on social movements.
- For example, some research in political science highlights the relation between popular movements and the formation of new political parties as well as discussing the function of social movements in relation to agenda setting and influence on politics.
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- The Women's Suffrage Movement refers to social movements around the world dedicated to achieving voting rights for women.
- The Women's Suffrage Movement refers to social movements around the world dedicated to achieving voting rights for women.
- In 1869, the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution which gave black men the right to vote, split the movement.
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- Social movement media has a rich and storied history that has changed at a rapid rate since new media became widely used.
- Since then, new media has been used extensively by social movements to educate, organize, communicate, coalition build, share cultural products, and more.
- Of course, some are also skeptical of the role of new media in social movements.
- Many scholars point out unequal access to new media as a hindrance to broad-based movements, sometimes even oppressing some people within a movement.
- Explain the influence of the new media on politics and social movements
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- The Civil Rights Movement aimed to outlaw racial discrimination against black Americans, particularly in the South.
- The African American Civil Rights Movement refers to the social movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against black Americans and restoring voting rights to them.
- The Civil Rights Movement generally lasted from 1955 to 1968 and was particularly focused in the American South.
- This mass action approach typified the movement from 1960 to 1968.
- Civil Rights Movement.
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- Certain groups are socialized to a more active role in politics, while others are marginalized.
- Education has the strongest impact on participation, as it socializes people to the political system.
- Black citizens are active in election campaigns and social movements.
- These groups have not experienced as much political socialization as other groups.
- There are significant differences in the way that males and females are socialized to politics.
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- The feminist movement refers to a series of campaigns for cultural, political, economic, and social equality for women.
- The feminist movement (also known as the women's movement or women's liberation) refers to a series of campaigns for reforms on issues, such as women's suffrage, reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay in the workplace, maternity leave, sexual harassment, and sexual violence.
- The movement's priorities vary among nations and communities.
- The history of feminist movements has been divided into three "waves" by feminist scholars.
- One of the most important organizations that formed out of the women's rights movement is the National Organization for Women (NOW).
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- The women's rights movement refers to political struggles to achieve rights claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide.
- In the United States, second-wave feminism, initially called the Women's Liberation Movement , began during the early 1960s and lasted through the late 1990s.
- Starting in the late 18th century, and throughout the 19th century, rights, as a concept and claim, gained increasing political, social and philosophical importance in Europe.
- However, the changing of social attitudes towards women is usually considered the greatest success of the women's movement.
- However, the movement did fail, in 1982, in adding the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, coming up three states short of ratification.
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- Minorities, women, and children are often the target of specific social policies.
- Minorities, women, and children are often the target of specific social policies.
- In the social sciences, the term minority is used to refer to categories of persons who hold few positions of social power .
- While in most societies, numbers of men and women are roughly equal, the status of women as a subordinate group has led some (especially within feminist movements) to equate them with minorities.
- The Civil Rights Movement attempted to increase rights for minorities within the U.S.
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- Conservatism is a social and political philosophy that supports retaining traditional social institutions and has many modern variations.
- Conservatism, taken from the Latin word conservare ("to retain") is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions.
- A social conservative wants to preserve traditional morality and social mores, often through civil law or regulation.
- Social change is generally regarded as suspect.
- Social conservatives see traditional social values as threatened by secularism, so they support school prayer and oppose abortion and homosexuality.