LGBT movements have provided safe havens for members in addition to pursuing social change. This reflects which of the following aspects of new social movements?

A. New social movements focus on the distribution of material goods as well as the control of symbols and information.
B. People join new social movements not purely to achieve specific goals but also because they value participation for its own sake.
C. Rather than large, bureaucratically run, top-down organizations, the new social movements are often networks of people engaged in routine daily activities.
D. The new social movements strongly emphasize the interconnectedness of planetary life.


Ans: B

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