Section 1:Collective Behavior

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CHAPTER 17
Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Section 1 Collective Behavior Section 2 Social
Movements
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SECTION 1
Collective Behavior
Question What are some examples of the various
types of collective behavior?
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SECTION 1
Collective Behavior
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SECTION 2
Social Movements
Question What characteristics of social
movements?
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SECTION 2
Social Movements
Reactionary
try to prevent a type of social change and return
society to a past way of being often use fear
and violence example Ku Klux Klan
Conservative
try to protect prevailing values from what are
seen as threats to those values example the
religious right
Revisionary
try to improve some part of society through
social change usually use legal methods and
focus on a single issue example womens
suffrage movement
Revolutionary
seek a total radical change of existing social
structure overthrow existing government and
replace it with their own versions often involve
violent or illegal methods example the American
Revolution
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Chapter Wrap-Up
1. How do collectives differ from social
groups? 2. List and describe the four types of
crowds identified by Herbert Blumer. 3. What is
the difference between fads and fashions? 4. List
and give examples of the four types of social
movements identified by William Bruce
Cameron. 5. Why are the original goals of a
social movement sometimes swept aside during the
bureaucratization stage of the social-movement
life cycle? 6. What do sociologists mean by the
term relative deprivation? 7. According to
resource-mobilization theory, what kinds of
resources are needed for a social movement to be
successful?