Social Movements
Question 1:
The Occupy Wall Street Movement is a current Social Movement in the U.S. Take a few minutes to review the following links to familiarize yourself somewhat with the movement:
Occupy Wall Street About Page (Links to an external site.)
Map: Occupy Wall Street, a global movement (Links to an external site.)
- First discuss what type of movement this movement is and briefly define the movement type that you choose. The options are:
- Reform movement
- Revolutionary movement
- Religious movement
- Alternative movement
- Resistance movement
- Now, think about the theories explaining social movements. Discuss which theory best applies to this movement and why. Be sure to give a brief description/definition of the theory. The social movement theory choices are:
- Relative Deprivation Theory
- Resource Mobilization, and
- Frame Analysis
- Then discuss how society has changed from before the movement to now, if at all.
- Remember to give a brief description of the theory and movement type that you chose first.
