Unveiling the Power of Social Movements

👥 Social movements bring people together with a shared idea to create lasting effects on society.

🔄 Social movements can encourage change or resist it, shaping the future of society.

🎯 Organizational structure, leadership, and resources are important for social movements to gain momentum and make an impact.

🔍 Early perceptions of social movements viewed them as dysfunctional and irrational, providing only a sense of community and refuge.

🔄 Scholars took a more open look at social movements in the 1960s, especially after the civil rights movement, which had deeper motivations than solely psychological needs.

📚 The relative deprivation theory suggests that social movements arise due to oppression and a lack of rights experienced by certain groups.

👥 Social movements are not only joined by the most disadvantaged individuals, but rather by those who perceive their situation as unjust.

💭 Relative deprivation theory states that three factors are necessary for a social movement to form: relative deprivation, a sense of deserving better, and a belief in the ineffectiveness of conventional methods.

❗️ Critics argue that individuals who do not feel deprived may still join social movements to address perceived injustices.

🔑 Joining a social movement can be difficult for the most oppressed due to lack of resources and inability to take time off work.

💡 Under Cesar Chavez, migrant farm workers formed a social movement to fight for their rights and job security.

🔄 Resource mobilization theory focuses on the factors that facilitate or hinder a social movement, such as access to resources and organizational support.

👥 A charismatic figure is essential in leading and uniting a group in a social movement.

🤔 The rational choice theory suggests that people base their actions on weighing pros and cons for their own benefit.

🧠 Rational choice theory assumes that individuals have full knowledge and cognitive abilities to assess different actions.

📢 Social movements can have a significant impact on both those directly involved and the wider population.

😱 Social movements can generate collective behavior, such as panics and crazes, which can spread rapidly and affect societal actions.

💥 The anti-vaccine movement has caused outbreaks of diseases that were once eradicated in the developed world.

🌍 Social movements aim to change society and either succeed or adapt.

🏛️ Successful social movements become part of the existing institutions.

🌟 Past social movements shape our culture and society, whether they succeed or fail.

✅ Successful social movements become part of the dominant culture.

❌ Failed social movements may no longer be active but leave lasting impacts on society.