Chapter 5 Flashcards
The ability to attract individuals to the idea of collective action and to draw people together into meaningful relationships and organizations
Leaders as organizers
Characteristics of leader organizers?
i. Curiosity to ask new questions
ii. Irreverent: reject accepted ideas
iii. “Imagination to create new ideas, tactics, and organizational structures to function in an ever-changing environment”
iv. Sense of humor, to relieve tensions and satire the opposition
v. Organized personality to maintain order
vi. Strong ego, but not egotism: belief in self and abilities
a. Makes decisions, but rarely has power to reward or punish
b. In an uncertain situation, so movements fracture
Leaders as decision makers
Leaders become totally identified with their causes and the causes may become totally identified with them”
b. The “face” of the movement
c. Visual identification of leaders becomes more important as we become a more visually oriented culture
Leaders as symbols MLK
How is leadership attained in social movements?
Charisma, Prophecy, Pragmatism
Source of legitimacy lies in his or her apparent access to a higher source or divine inspiration”
b. Rhetorical skills to articulate the movement’s ideas
c. “Leads followers in direct actions that stir things up, supply vigor to social movements, and make people believe in the impossible”
d. May “exhibit exceptional heroism, bravery, and endurance to the point of martyrdom for the cause”
Charisma
Source of legitimacy lies in his or her proximity to the writings of the social movement, its ideology”
b. Has “ability to perceive the true nature of the urgent problem, its causes, and its solution”
c. Makes decisions based on the ideology/truth rather than by the ends achieved
Prophesy
a. “Source of legitimacy lies in organizational expertise, efficiency, and tact”
b. Combines common sense and “healthy skepticism”
c. Makes movement more acceptable to outsiders to gain supporters and funding
Pragmatism
