Social Movements and Social Change/Final

thoughts

What Matters for Social Movements/Social Change?

Grievances Organization

Leadership Incentives Resources

Networks Information Influence Solidarity

Opportunities Biographical Availability Political opportunity

Role of technology? Can expand scope of

protest

Spring 1989, Tiananmen Square

Student led Pro-democracy demonstrations

World Involvement and Escalation

Government declares Martial Law

Massacre of Protesters

What Matters for Social Movements/Social Change?

Grievances Organization

Leadership Incentives Resources

Networks Information Influence Solidarity

Opportunities Biographical Availability Political opportunity

Fax machine Email Text Websites Blogs Social Networking Sites You tube Other?

How might ECTs change mobilization for change

Increase/decrease probability of activism? Increase/decrease size of movements? Make more/less radical? Primarily affect sense of shared

grievance/injustice? Primarily affect information flow? Solve organization problems? Enhance solidarity among activists?

History and Biography

Sociology seeks to help us understand the relationship between our own experiences and the structure of the world around us

It focuses on regularity in patterns of relations

And the impact of groups and group membership on our own sense of who we are and who we can be.

What can I do with a sociology degree?

Careers requiring significant interpersonal component: law, management, business, advertising and marketing,

medicine and health, education, or social work. Careers requiring significant analytic component:

Policy analysis, management consulting, law, social services, market research,

Careers addressing/redressing social issues: Health, education, social services, law enforcement, public

policy Careers requiring understanding of local/global

interdependence Education, foreign services, journalism, national and

international business applications Work in private or public settings