Four Elements Of Mass Movement

An elite is considered as the few in any organization or society who have power. (pg. 1)

In the 19th century, anarchism was a growing movement that scared many people including Julian. Dr. Leete describes how it was in fact the wealthiest who funded them, so people would be afraid of reform. However, this was not enough because social change was not instigated by labor or political parties but by the vow by mankind to persevere and conquer the old order and usher in the new. Mr. Bellamy contrasts the anarchist and socialist movements in order posit the latter in a more favorable light.

Social movements are one of the primary means through which the public is able to collectively express their concerns about the rights and wellbeing of themselves and others. Under the proper conditions, social movements not only shed light on issues and open large scale public discourse, but they can also serve as a means of eliciting expedited societal change and progress. Due to their potential impact, studying the characteristics of both failed and successful social movements is important in order to ensure that issues between the public and the government are resolved to limit injustices and maintain societal progress.

One of the strategies used by the progressive was mass organizations, the mass organization was used by groups who otherwise lacked political power.

All of these images of mass society have a tone of despair and depression. People are shown to be weary and confused, having lost the passion for life. Brautigan and Barthelme seem most concerned with the concept of a class struggle; their masses are poor and bitter. Kerouac is more concerned with the lazy masses that are brainwashed by television and suburbia. The only hopeful view of the masses comes from Ginsberg who sees a beauty in people that he feels is often covered and masked by the ugliness of society.

In this paper it was asked of us as a team to give an in-depth historical analysis of an organized crime group. With this class being about organized crime one would think to write about mobsters, but we decided to think outside the box. Even though when thinking of organized crime the first thought is The Italian Mafia and groups of that sort, one has to remember that organized crime comes in many different forms of organizations. From this class we were able to understand more on organized crime and who can be classified as an organized crime organization. Organizations that one would never really think of as having ties to organized crime may have some

Social movements of the 1960’s and 1970’s have been interpreted and written about in varying ways. While contemporary scholarship disagrees with past analyses and offer fresh perspectives, past research can also provide a pathway for defining important questions for future research on social movements in America.

The Rhetoric of Agitation and Control, by John W. Bowers and Donovan J. Ochs, proposes that social movements with the goal to effect change utilize strategies in some capacity and that the outcome of social change can be predicted by examining specific strategies utilized by a social movement. The theory that is outlined in the book is the analysis of the “rationale of instrumental, symbolic behavior”, or rhetoric, implemented in the strategies of agitational movements and in the strategies utilized by establishments when dealing with conflict can accurately predict the outcomes of agitational movements or the intended responses of the establishments. On pages 3-4, Bowers and Ochs attempt to provide a broad definition of agitation and control

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This also comes with the catch that in creating this false pretense, the people in charge are the only ones who are actually succeeding while the rest are living in a false sense of utopia. What is very interesting as well is that the idea is presented that opinions are really just that of individuals, not a collective group. When the idea of a group is presented, the article states that it is rational manipulation on part of the bourgeoisie to continue to lead people down the primrose path. In order to combat this, the article looks at a concept called structural transformation. In structural transformation, public opinion, not the single mindedness of the bourgeoisie rules the day. In essence you could look at things such as the American Revolution, French Revolution, American Civil War, and the American Civil Rights movement as structural

Few of the mass movement that has been powerful for decade since is the religious, political, and nationalist movements.

According to Karl Marx’s Theory, taken from his “Communist Manifesto” the struggles between the upper class and the lower classes will eventually lead towards civil riots and possible even a revolution. While Aristotle’s Theory in “Poetics” argued that social change is inevitable and a “means to an end”. The book “Twilight”: 1992 by Anne Deavere Smith exemplifies these ideas through the use of multiple perspectives from individuals who witnessed, participated or in someway were affected by the Los Angeles Riots of 1992, which she personally interviewed.

The ruling elite extends the definition of illegal or criminal behavior to encompass those whom might threaten the status quo. The rules draw

Buechler, Steven M.. Social movements in advanced capitalism: the political economy and cultural construction of social activism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Print.

The elite is the selected few but does not reflex the needs of the masses