Tell about Social Movements ?

He is aware that his behaviour is influenced by the goal of the movement: to bring about a change in the way things have “always” been done or sometimes to prevent such a change from coming about.

The group includes individuals committed to the cause, who use their preexisting, significant social relationships to convince others to join the movement.

He is aware that his behaviour is influenced by the goal of the movement: to bring about a change in the way things have “always” been done or sometimes to prevent such a change from coming about.

For any movement to become successful there should be commitment to the movement. It also involves a separatThe efforts of others, or one’s own experience bring forth a new set of values and induce changed patterns of behavior in individuals.

ion, in a significant way, from the established order.

The result is the emergence of an ideology, which codifies values and goals, and provides a conceptual framework by which goals maybe interpreted.

The ideology also motivates change, defines opposition, and provides a basis for the unification of a segmented network of groups.

A social movement also provides guidelines as to how members should think.

The ideology also motivates change, defines opposition, and provides a basis for the unification of a segmented network of groups.

One of the defining characteristics of a social movement is that it is relatively long lasting; the activity of the membership is sustained over a period of weeks, months, or even years rather than flaring up for a few hours or a few days and then disappearing.

Real or perceived opposition from a society at large or from that segment of the established order, within which the movement has arisen, is also an important aspect of any social movement.

In fact, it is this opposition that unifies the varying segments involved in a social movement.

A social movement is usually large, but, like duration, largeness is only relative. Some social movements, lasting many decades, may enlist hundreds of thousands of members.

A social movement arises when there emerges an issue or a set of issues that affect a significant proportion of people in some way or the other.

“Collective movements refer to collective efforts to modify norms and values, which frequently (but not always) develop over longer periods of time.”

Some movements take place within the boundaries of a specific secondary group, such as a religious association or a local community, and may include only a few score or a few hundred members.

There are significant differences between collective action and movements.

The exact size of a social movement is impossible to determine exactly, for membership is not formally defined. Indeed, one of the salient characteristics of a social movement is the semiformal character of its structure.

Forms of collective action such as riots, revolts, and revolution involve violent group outbursts. Some collective actions (crowds and riots) are generally unstructured and short-lived, whereas rebellion, revolution, and movements are more structured

The exact size of a social movement is impossible to determine exactly, for membership is not formally defined. Indeed, one of the salient characteristics of a social movement is the semiformal character of its structure.

A riot is defined as an outbreak of temporary but violent mass disorder, which breaks out suddenly, carries fire and fury against a target

It lacks the fully developed, formal structure of a stable association, such as a club, a corporation, or a political party.

group, and dies in a short period, leaving behind death and destruction.

While not all members display these traits, the ideal member gives his total, unselfish loyalty to the movement. Since no legal obligation is assumed on becoming a member, either to conform to the movement’s norms or to remain a member, commitment to the movement and its values becomes one of the most important sources of control.

Riots are an index of general unrest within the society.

friends if required to do so, is likely to be regarded by outsiders as a fanatic. Some students of social movements, particularly those whose analysis has a psychoanalytic orientation, have suggested that the fanaticism of dedicated members results from individual psychopathological states. An alternative explanation is that the social movement becomes a reference group that provides the member with a new and deviant view of social reality.