cultures of protest

Question 1

what is a social movement?

Answer 1

any groups that gets together with claims to protests

Question 2

what are the goals of a social movement

Answer 2

social transformation
recognition
development
protection of individual
equality
liberty
justice

Question 3

examples of social movements in different time periods:

1. 1800s?
2. 20th century?
3. late 20th century?
4. 90s-?
5. 21st century?

Answer 3

1. workers movement
2. ecologist / feminism / pacifist / freedom of sexual orientation / civil rights
3. antiracism / international solidarity
4. conjunction of different groups against negative effects of economic/political/cultural globalisation
5. urban protests

Question 4

what are transnational activists

Answer 4

individuals or groups who mobilise domestic and international reseources

Question 5

what were the two trends of transnational activism in the 2000s

Answer 5

insiders - local activist exposed international processes

outsiders - local activists who directly target global institutions and organisation

Question 6

different political processes

Answer 6

externalisation = vertical projection of domestic claims

transnational coalition- formation of common network among actors from different countries

Question 7

name networked social movements

Answer 7

• Arab spring
• occupy Wall Street
  -indiginados