Sociology › Section U · Social movements and change › Topic U.2
Social movements
Votes for women, the weekend, seat belts and smoke-free restaurants all exist partly because organised groups of ordinary people pushed for them. Social movements are how people outside formal power try to change society, or to stop it changing.
In this topic
- What is a social movement?
- Types of movement: Aberle's grid
- Stages of a movement
- Why movements arise: deprivation and resources
- Political process theory
- Framing
- New social movements and digital activism
- Worked example: the Montgomery bus boycott
- Worked example: framing a local campaign
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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