Social Movements

Social Movements

The collective and organized action of people in response to cultural, political, and social change

Proactive social movement

Calling for social change

Reactive social movements

Resist the impending change

Democracy

It comes from the Greek words "demos" (citizen living within a city-state) and "kratos" (rule or power). According to Andrew Heywood, it implies both popular participation and government in the public interest

Inclusive citizen

The recognition of universal rights of all citizens in a country

Participatory governance

Where the sentiments and inputs from citizens are included in the policy process, making governance bottom-up

Alternative

Seeks to change a specific type of individual behavior

Redemptive

Aims to change individual behavior through total or transformative changes

Reformative

Calls for specific changes or reforms in society

Revolutionary

Advances complete or drastic changes in the social system

Propaganda

Different materials containing information and other details which seek to garner sympathy from the public

Agitation

It triggered the formation of social movements

Mobilization

The social movement needs to be visible in order to attract public and media attention

Organization

There are members, funds, attention and division of labor to have organize roles and responsibility to boost the campaign

Institutionalization

Branching out as the organization becomes bigger and have formal structures

Organizational Decline

Change in the social movement. The issue becoming irrelevant or losing public interest. No support and commitment from the members. No resources