Models of Social Movements

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This essay discusses several models of social movements. The writer comments on Neil Smelser's view of social movements from the perspective of economic sociology, James Coleman's view of the evolution of conflict at the community level and the psychological model among others.

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"The social psychological model sees social movements as starting when a group of people perceives themselves as deprived compared to the rest of the society. As expectations and desires grow, the disparity between where this group of person actually is and where they want to be become wider and wider. They see the difference between their expectations and their reality."

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