social movements Flashcards
How does the “Thomas Theorem” or “Thomas Principle” inform to the way sociologists understand the social construction of gender?
The way a society conceptualizes gender will affect the real world outcomes of individuals
Which of the following provides the clearest example of a social determinant of health?
Access to quality healthcare services
Social research indicates that COVID-19 mortality rates tended to be ____ in areas with high ____ populations.
Higher, visible minority
what are social movement
sustained challenges to existing holders of power in the name of wronged population
aim to gain public support as leverage toward policy or cultural changes
______ theorized that social movement require 5 main elements
1.offering sustained _____ to ____ _____
2.disruptimg the ____ ____ of ____ _____ using tactics outside regular _____
3. engage those with ______ by people with less _____
4. repping a _____ ______
5. stregth is based on _______, _____, ______ and _____ of its members
challenges to power holders
daily routines of power holders using tactics outside regular politics
engoge those with power by people with less power
repping a wronged population
stregth based on worthiness, unity, numbers, and commitments of the people engaged (WUNC)
explain WUNC
Worthiness: whether the groups are worthy of being listened to
Unity: shared values, interests, and goals (if the unity is broken, the social movement ceases to proceed/exist)
Numbers: big crowds, representing the democracy of action
Commitment: the willingness to persist despite costly behaviour (leaving work, elevated cost surrounding personal safety)
give examples of how people participate in social movements
Join social movement organizations
Attend events like protests
Support social movement causes
Sending emails to powerful individuals (government, deans of universities, board of directors)
Occupying buildings
Withholding one’s labour of power (ex. Teacher strike)
Boycotting corporations
movements are composed of both the wronged population and the ______ __________
conscience constituencies
what is conscience constituencies
other people whoa re sympathetic to the groups plight but not affected by it
Inequalities in SES, COVID exposure, experiences of violence, educational outcomes
these inequalitieis are consequences of how differnent …..
categoires in society have come to be defined
Power is not just in money, force, numbers
Power over ______—the power to ________ situation—can be even more consequential
ideas
define situation
_______ are ways of interpreting the world that allow individuals to understand and label occurrences in their daily lives
frames
Framing involves selecting certain parts of the world to ________ and others to de-________
Activists use frames to ______ and _______ social movement activity
emphesize
inspire and legitimate
frames are rarely _____
neutural
The Oka Crisis was Canada’s largest and longest standoff over issues of land rights
The Mohawk people resisted the expansion of a golf course
Police officer was killed, and as a result the mayor sent 25 000 soldiers to arrest protesters
what were the two pictures shown in class
This images frames the protesters to be nameless and the soldier to be more “relatable” to the public appeal
the other gives more of a personalized view of protestors
the _____ _____ _____ or the _____-_____ _____
olsen argues that people tend to avoid participating in collective action bc they still benefit from whatber is gained whether or not they join
collective action problem or the free-rider problem
social movement often fight for ____ ____ - things that wre non-excludable (one person cannot reasonably prevent another from consuming a good) and non-rivalrous (one person’s consuption of good does not affect anothers)
public goods
public goods are non-excludable and non-rivalrous
explain both
non-excludable (one person cannot reasonably prevent another from consuming a good)
non-rivalrous (one person’s consuption of good does not affect anothers)
_______’s collective action problem is similar to the _______ effect
olsen
bystander
participation in social movement requires 5 main elements
ideaology
resources
biographical availibility
social ties and identity
political context
ideaology is important for participation in social movement bc individuals must be ______ to the _____
makes people ________ available
______ ideaologies are also importnat predictors of engagement
however ideaology is not enough, they must feel a sense of ______ - that participation will yeaild results
commited, goal
cognitively
religious
efficacy
resources is important for participation in social movement
those with high ____ are more likely to engage
other things like ______ and ______ knowledge are also important predictors
SES
education and political knowledge
Biographical availability is important for participation in social movement bc they have the opportunity to convert their ______ and _____ into action
______ ______make people less available to participate in movements
this is why people with _____ may be less likely to participate
ideology and resources
life changes
children
social ties and identity is important for participation in social movement bc if you have _____ who _____ you are ____ _____ to join
social ties are imporntat as they help creare ______ that facillitate and encourage social movement ______
____ are the names that people give to themselves ad thers in the course of social interaction
if you have frienf who join you are more likely
identities, engagement
identities
