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Book No. – 002 (Sociology)
Book Name – Sociology (C.N. Shankar Rao)
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1. THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT
2. CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
3. THE FORMATION OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
4. TYPES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
4.1. Reform Movements
4.2. Revolutionary Movements
4.3. Reactionary or Revivalist Movements
4.4. Resistance Movements
4.5. Utopian Movements
5. THEORIES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
5.1. The Relative Deprivation Theory
5.2. The Strain Theory
5.3. The Theory of Revitalisation
5.4. The Theory of Relative Deprivation is More Acceptable: M.S.A. Rao
6. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
6.1. Social Movements and Social Problems
6.2. Social Movements and Social Change
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Social Movements
Chapter – 38
THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT
- Social movement is one of the major forms of collective behavior.
- The study of social movements has gained attention from sociologists in both India and the West.
- Social movements arise for various purposes, such as:
- Reservation for SCs, STs, and other backward classes.
- Counter movements demanding the cancellation or status quo of such reservations.
- Movements to save the environment, wildlife, and world peace.
- Movements for or against the construction of the Sri Ram Temple at the Ayodhya site.
- Various political, ideological, and social movements like Fascist, Communist, Naxalite, Tribal, Peasants’, Women’s, Youth, Labour, Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Aforestation movements.
- Social movement is defined in different ways:
- Turner and Killian: “A social movement is a collective action with some continuity to promote or resist change in society or a group.”
- Horton and Hunt: “A social movement is a collective effort to promote or resist change.”
- Nell J. Smeiser: “A social movement is an organized group effort to generate or resist social change.”
- Rudolf Herberle: “A social movement is a collective effort to transform established relations within a particular society.”