A02 understanding social change

Question 1

What are the 2 sections for the evaluation

Answer 1

Evidence for the power of minority influence in social change

Minority influence doesn’t necessarily lead to social change

Question 2

Talk about evidence for the power of minority influence in social change

Answer 2

Suffragettes:

Fed arming attention to the issue
Educational, political and military tactics to show that women were denied the same rights as men

The role of conflict
Although some dismissed the suffragettes as trouble makers many moved towards the suffragette position

Consistency
They were consistent cm because their fight for vote continues for 15 years and they even protested in jail

The augmentation principle
Risked being imprisoned and die from hunger strikes lead to them being be taken more seriously

Question 3

Talk about minority influence doesn’t always bring change

Answer 3

Minorities are seen as did derwent or deviant on views of majority which makes it harder ir slower for social change to occur

This is because the members of majority group don’t want to be seen as deviant

So the influence of minority groups is latent rather than directly causing social change