Social Change Flashcards
(22 cards)
Social Change
Shifts in our shared ideas, interactions, and institutions
Collective action
Coordinated the activities of members of groups with shared goals
Social movement
Persistent, organised collective action meant to promote or oppose social change
Independent power
The power of noncooperation
What is interdependent power?
How much we rely on each other via interactions to keep things going
Elites depend on common person
Repertoire of Contention
Shared activities to express dissatisfaction with social conditions
(ex; sit-ins, rallies, marches, protests, social media #)
Social construction of social problems
Process of coming to see a personal struggle as an issue of public concern
Social construction of social problems STEPS
- define problem as harmful
- Must claim the harm requires a cultural or institutional solution instead of a personal/interpersonal one
Are perceptions of harm from social problems socially constructed?
Yes
Skipped to “How movements win section”
Organizational strength
Combination of strong leadership, human, and material resources, social networks, and physical infrastructure
Political networks
Web of ties that link people with similar political goals
Standing
The authority to speak credibly on a particular topic
Countermovements
Persistent, organized collective action meant to resist social movements
Frame
Succinct claim of the nature of a social fact
Counter frames
Frames menat to challenge an existing social movement’s frame
Political, cultural, and econ opportunity structure
