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Social Action Movement

PREPARED BY :- ZARAQ KHAN


What is Social Movement?

 It is a collective effort where individuals come together to address


and advocate for change
 It can be local, national or global
 Often focuses on issues like social justice, human rights,
environmental protection & political reform
 Joseph Gusfield argues, social movement is socially accepted actions
and beliefs directed towards the demand for change
Elements of Social Movements

 Ideology (core beliefs, values, purpose and direction)


 Organization (structured network to plan and implement)
 Leadership (key individuals/groups who inspire, guide and manage)
 Strategy (specific actions employed to achieve objective like protests and campaign etc.)
 Resources (financial, material and human resource to carry out the activities)
 Communication (spreading message, raising awareness)
 Public Support (Enhancing public support influences and pressures change)
Types of Social Movement

 Sociologist David Aberle describes five types of social movements;


1. Alternative Movements
2. Redemptive Movements
3. Reformative Movements
4. Revolutionary Movements
5. Resistance Movements
 Alternative Movements
• Focuses on limited and specific changes in individuals rather than society as a
whole
• Aims to encourage people to alter certain aspects of their personal behavior or
lifestyle
• Examples include campaigns promoting meditation, vegetarianism, or sobriety
 Redemptive Movements
• Seek to bring about radical or total personal transformation in individuals
• Aims to change individuals' lives, with a focus on spiritual, moral, or emotional
renewal
• Typically have a religious or ideological foundation and require deep
commitment
• Tablighi Jamaat in Pakistan
 Reformative Movements
• Seeks to change something special about social structure
• Seeks limited change but targets entire population
• Focuses on specific reforms to address social, political, or economic issues
• Example: Civil Rights Movement, Environmental Movements, or campaigns for
Gender Equality
 Revolutionary Movements
• Seeks to completely overthrow and replace existing social, political, or economic
systems with a new order
• Rises from deep dissatisfaction with the status quo and may involve protests,
uprisings, or armed conflict
• Examples: French Revolution 1789, the Bolshevik Revolution 1917, or anti-
colonial independence movements.
 Resistance Movements
• These movements resist and oppose certain policies, laws, or social norms
• They are either with or, against the status quo
• Examples: Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan TLP, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Baloch
Yakjehti Committee
Stages of Social Movements
 Emergence
• An issue becomes apparent, leading to initial formation of group
concerned
 Coalescence
• Group begins to organize more formally, developing strategies and
rallying supporters
 Bureaucratization
• Organizational structure with roles, rules and hierarchy for managing
and coordination
 Decline
• May decline due to success, organizational failures or repression by
authorities
 For you to find out.

 Characteristic of Social Movements?


 Nature of Social Movements?

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