1	"SOCIAL MOVEMENTS" SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
2	Social Movements? Social movements - loosely organized groups of people who promote or resist social change Social movements try to change society
3	Tactics of Social Movements Usually represent political outsiders Try to gain sympathy of public / decision makers.
4	What Do Social Movements Do? Social movements - use unconventional / disruptive tactics - demonstrations / sit-ins Social movements influence government
5	Social Movements Abolitionist movement Anti-Vietnam War movement Civil rights movement Environmental movement Gay and lesbian movement Labor movement Peace movement
6	Social Movements in a Majoritarian Democracy They start out as minority phenomena Use disruptive tactics.
7	Do Social Movements Make Politics More Democratic? Bring many issues to public attention Collective-action / disruptive tactics serve as a substitute for political and economic resources
8	Overcoming Political Inequality Social movements allow those without resources to enter politics Social movements persuade the majority that new policies are needed.
9	New Majorities Social movements good for minorities Minorities win social / policy changes when they convince enough that they are reasonable Many social reforms started by minorities Social movements help start new majorities
10	Factors For Social Movements Social distress Resources for mobilization Supportive environment
11	Non-Conventional Tactics Tactics - depend on dramatic gestures Women’s suffrage movement - used mass demonstrations / hunger strikes Labor movement - invented sit-down strike / plant takeover weapons in the 1930s Nonviolent civil disobedience - tool of civil rights movement.
12	Why Social Movements Decline Social movements difficult to maintain Social movements tend to evolve into interest groups Social movements decline when popular support erodes
13	Success Destroys Movements Reaching goals eliminates reason to exist Abolitionist irrelevant after 13^th Amendment Women’s suffrage gone after 19^th Amendment Civil rights laws (1964 / 1965) declines Civil Rights movement
14	Declining Commitment Difficult to sustain involvement Movements generate counter- movements Counter-movements often more powerful than the original movement
15	"President Franklin D" President Franklin D. Roosevelt Because of pressures for antipoverty measures, introduced Social Security Reagan influenced by pro-life movement / appointed sympathetic judges
16	Successful Movements Cont. Movement gains respect Changes values Acquires increased representation