Week 12-2/ Social_Movements/ ji eun Bang

1. Summary

The definition of social movement : It is a broad social alliance of people connected through joint interests that prevent or influence social change.
Characteristics of social movements: Social movements do not have to be formal and can be operated individually.
Types of social movements: changes at the individual level, changes at a broad group or social level, minor changes, radical changes
Social movement theory:
(1)Decompression theory: It's a social movement that comes from people who are deprived of good resources.
(2)Mass social theory: It is composed of individuals who are not important social movement or socially isolated.Therefore, it provides authority and sense of belonging.
(3)Structural Deformation Theory: Partially integrate the deprivation theory and depend on it.It incorporates social and structural variants for fundamental motivation and is dependent on circular logic.
(4)Resource mobilization theory: Emphasize the importance of resources in the development and success of social movements
(5)Political process theory:Emphasize the other components of an important social structure for the development of social movements.
(6)Cultural theory: Emphasize the importance of a mobile culture and try to solve the free-rider problem.

2. What did you learn?/ interesting

I learned that there is a cultural theory that develops injustice to solve the problem of free-lider who uses other people's social movements.The important significance of a social movement is to explain why it participates in a movement if it is believed to be successful without contribution.

3.Discussion

So far, people have done a lot of social movements to change society. What is the social movement that you are most interested in?