Social movements-sociology (PPT)

1. Social Movements

2. Prominent features of social movements Acceptance of change Resistance to change

3. Social Movements Defined Collective efforts of individual or groups are organized into social movements to project social change . Social movements refer to any persistent, organized, collective efforts to resist existing structures.

4. Social movements may also refer to organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society. Likewise, social movements is defined as “collective enterprises to establish a new order of life”.

5. Types of Soc i al Movements 1. Redemptive Movements Redemptive movements are usually religious in nature which do not attempt to change society but specifically, target change in people. 2. Alternative Movements Alternative movements seeks total change among individuals. Examples are students, organizations, civic societies, non government organizations or government organizations campaigning to people, especially the young one’s, to steer clear of prohibited drugs.

6. 3. Reformative Movements Reformative movements aim to change not only one’s behavior, but also the behavior of the whole society. These are nationally organized efforts to change the norms of society. 4. Transformative Movements Transformative movements work for total change the society.

7. 5. Regressive or Reactionary Movements Regressive or reactionary movements have their aim of ‘setting back the clock’. Members view certain social changes with suspicion and distaste and try to reverse current trends in the society. 6. Reform or Revisionary Movements believe that certain changes in specific areas of society are necessary but are still satisfied with the existing order.

8. 7. Revolutionary Movements Revolutionary movements are deeply dissatisfied with the existing social order and work for radical change that is tailored to their ideological beliefs. 8. Utopian Movements refer to the member’s vision of radical change and blissful life, either on a large scale sometimes in the future or on a small scale at present. Several contemporary religious cults are examples of Utopian movements.

9. 9. Escapist or Retreatist Movement this movement do not seek to change society, but to withdraw from it and not to experience its corruption. Certain religious sects are examples of this type of movement where the group of members isolate themselves from contact with outsiders. 10. Expressive Social movements This aim to change the psychological and emotional social movements of their individual members. The basic forms of expressive movements are religious movements and fashion movements which do not aim to change the world, but give the members opportunities for engaging in ceremonial and related behavior so that inner feelings can be satisfactorily expressed.

10. Other important Social Movements 1. GLOBALIZATION- breaking down of the national barriers so that nations can interact freely with each other. 2.WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS-women claim the rights as men. 3. INDUSTRIALIZATION-introduction of power machines and the factory in the manufacture goods.

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