Chapter 18 - Collective Action & Social Movements

breakdown theory

discussions of strain, deprivation, and contagion. functionalist theory. vancouver riot is an example

social solidarity theory

conflict theory. mobilization, political opportunities and social control

routinized

charismatic leadership morphs and changes into something that becomes structures in our everyday lives. martin luther king.

jim crow laws

legalized racial segregation

collective action

when people act in unison to bring about or resist social, political and economic change

routine collective action

collective action follows well established patterns of behaviour and is non violent

non routine collective action

ignores convention and is violent

social movements

institutionalized or bureaucratized forms of collective action aimed at changing or resisting change to the socail, political and economic order

functionalist theory on collective action

social movements emerge when traditional norms and patterns of social organization are disrupted

contagion theory

the process by which extreme passions supposedly spread rapidly through a crowd like a contagious disease

civil rights movement had which type of collective action

routine and non routine