Chapter eighteen: Social change, social movements, and collective action Flashcards
Second-wave feminist; author of “The Second Sex”
Simone de Beauvoir
Feminist author of “The Feminine Mystique”
Betty Friedan
Black suffragist, along with Anna Julia Cooper, often excluded from white women’s protests & marches
Ida B. Wells
Black suffragist, along with Ida B. Wells, often excluded from white women’s protests & marches
Anna Julia Cooper
“Invisible leader” of Civil Rights Movement, along with other black women such as Septima Poinsette Clark & Ella Baker
Fannie Lou Hamer
“Invisible leader” of Civil Rights Movement, along with other black women such as Fannie Lou Hamer & Ella Baker
Septima Poinsette Clark
“Invisible leader” of Civil Rights Movement, along with other black women such as Fannie Lou Hamer & Septima Poinsette Clark
Ella Baker
Variations over time in every aspect of the social world
Social change
A sustained and international collective effort, usually operating outside established institutional channels, either to bring about or to slow down/reverse social change
Social movements
Belief that women are equal to men, especially socially, politically, economically
Feminism
Feminists more focused on white middle-class women, patriarchal, sexist
Conservative feminists
Feminists against conservative feminists
Revolutionary feminists
Utilizing social media and blogs to spread the message about women’s rights and issues
(emerging fourth wave)
Cyberfeminism
Caused by unfair treatment in women, capable of mobilization
Grievances
Money, equipment, property
Material resources
Social networks, infrastructure (internet), organizations
Social organizational resources
Leadership, skills, expertise, daily labor, spokespersons, public speakers, skilled web designers
Human resources
Degree to which general public views movement as legitimate, integrity of leaders, members of movement
Moral resources
Knowledge, skills shared among members of movement- how to organize a protest, hold a news conference, create and maintain a website
Cultural resources
What movement wants to do or change
Goals of a movement
Long-term plans for achieving goals
Strategy of a movement
Short-term actions
ex. sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement
Tactics of a movement
Generated, or engaged in, by a group of people to encourage or prevent social change
Collective action
A temporary gathering of a relatively large number of people in a common geographical location at a given time
Crowds
