Identify and define the five major types of social movements and provide an example of each.

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Reformist: seek change within existing economic and political system. Utopian: withdraw from dominant society and create own ideal communities. Revolutionary: seek to fundamentally alter existing economic, political, and social system; vision of a new social order. Rebellion: seek to overthrow existing system but lack plan for new social order. Reactionary: seek to restore earlier social system, along with traditional norms and values that accompanied it. Examples vary.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Identify different types of social movements.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Types of Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Hard

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