Identify three factors that determine whether a social movement will succeed. Apply those factors in an assessment of the civil rights movement.
What will be an ideal response?
Correct answer varies but can include a variety of factors that help to determine whether a social movement will succeed (Cross and Snow 2012; Rochon 1990). One is its sheer size. Another is novelty, or the uniqueness of the movement and its goals. Uniqueness and size are important because they lead to a great deal of media attention, which, in turn, is likely to generate additional supporters and funds. The latter are two of the many resources social movements need to succeed. Militancy can also be double-edged, since a highly militant social movement might be able to achieve its goals quickly, but militancy, like violence, can lead to counterreactions and suppression. Nonviolence has been a successful method for social movements because it avoids the powerful counterreactions engendered by violent and militant social movements.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Women who make a conscious choice to become single parents are usually:
a. uneducated. b. financially successful. c. at the beginning of their childbearing age. d. interested in an intimate relationship with the father.
The trekking movement:
a. led to clashes over interior land resources between the Boers and the Bantu. b. illustrates a peaceful collaboration between the the Boers and the Bantu. c. resulted in coastal Boers settlements that were quickly overtaken by the Bantu. d. provided the impetus for large scale coastal settlement by the Bantu.
This accounting strategy was common for Middle Eastern women in Amir Marvasti’s study.
A. cowering B. educational accounting C. passing D. defiant accounting