What are social movements

unconventional collectivities
- formal organizations
- or loosely organized populations
  - the camp out on campus for the gaza massacre
- can be hierarchal or democratized
- may require intense participation or just a donation
maga
- blames globalists in creating a global society that is unfair and we need to go back to a time where things were more predictable and safe
- even if its not true the consequences of that ideology are true because people believe in them
Movements and specificity
- movements include all people are concerned about the movement for example people who sympathize, support, adherents, and activists
- pockets pf interests
  - ecological movements
  - preserving biodiversity
  - opposition to fracking
  - pollution control
politics
- understood as creating change from the bottom up
Dimentions of movements
- reform and revolutionary
  - reform
    - which tends to be more modest in changing the existing system rather than changing the whole system which would impact the whole society
  - revolution
    - transformation of the whole system
      - has only been successful a number of times
- instrumental and expressive
  - instrumental
    - seeks to change the structure of society so changing the policies on housing would be an example
  - expressive
    - addresses problems within the individual to change the character of individuals and their behavior
- progressive and conservative
  - progressive
    - left wing
    - movements that are described as future minded or utopian
  - conservative
    - right wing
    - prevents change
    - idea that there was a golden age in the past that society needs to go back too
John Wilson
- four types of combinations
  - reformative
    - tea party
    - naacp
    - tax reform
    - MAGA
  - alternative
    - Christian evangalism
    - human potential movement
    - veganism
  - transformative
    - ISIS
    - Islamic fundalism
  - redemptive
    - cults
    - peoples temple
    - synanon