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SOCIOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY. 17. Social Change and Collective Behavior. 17 . Social Change and Collective Behavior. Forms of Collective Behavior Communication and the Globalization of Collective Behavior Social Policy and Social Movements. Forms of Collective Behavior. Crowds.

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SOCIOLOGY

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  1. SOCIOLOGY 17 Social Change and Collective Behavior

  2. 17. Social Change and Collective Behavior • Forms of Collective Behavior • Communication and the Globalization of Collective Behavior • Social Policy and Social Movements

  3. Forms of Collective Behavior • Crowds • Temporary groupings of people in close proximity who share a common focus or interest • Not totally lacking in structure • During riots, the emergent-norm perspective suggests that new social norm is accepted

  4. Forms of Collective Behavior • Disaster Behavior • Disaster: sudden or disruptive event or set of events that overtaxes a community’s resources so that outside aid is necessary • Disaster Research • Disaster Research Center at University of Delaware key research center

  5. Forms of Collective Behavior • Disaster Behavior • Case Study: Collapse of the World Trade Center • Typified many of the hallmarks of disaster recovery Even in the aftermath of an unimaginable disaster, people and organizations respond in predictable ways

  6. Forms of Collective Behavior • Fads and Fashions • Fads: temporary patterns of behavior involving large numbers of people • Fashions: Pleasurable mass involvements that feature acceptance by society and historical continuity

  7. Forms of Collective Behavior • Panics and Crazes • Panic: fearful arousal or collective flight based on a generalized belief that may or may not be accurate • Craze: exciting mass involvement that lasts for a relatively long period of time

  8. Forms of Collective Behavior • Publics and Public Opinion • Public: dispersed group of people, not necessarily in contact with one another, who share interest in an issue • Public Opinion: expressions of attitudes on matters of public policy that are communicated to decision makers Rumors: piece of information gathered informally that is used to interpret an ambiguous situation

  9. Forms of Collective Behavior • Social Movements • Organized collective activities to bring about or resist change in an existing group or society

  10. Forms of Collective Behavior • Social Movements • Relative Deprivation • Conscious feeling of negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities Before discontent will be channeled into a social movement, people must feel they have a right to their goals and perceive that they cannot attain their goals through conventional means

  11. Forms of Collective Behavior • Social Movements • Resource Mobilization • Ways a social movement utilizes such resources as money, political influence, access to the media, and workers To sustain a social movement, there must be an organizational base and continuity of leadership.

  12. Forms of Collective Behavior • Gender and Social Movements • Women find it more difficult than men to assume leadership positions in social movement organizations

  13. Forms of Collective Behavior • Social Movements • New Social Movements • Organized collective activities that promote autonomy, self-determination, and improved quality of life. New social movements generally do not view government as their ally

  14. Communication and the Globalization of Collective Behavior • New social movement theory offers broader, global perspective on social and political activism • Internet forcing new communities that act and react in an electronic village • Developments in communications technology broadened the way we interact

  15. Social Policy and Social Movements • Disability Rights • The Issue • Effort to ensure the health and rights of people with disabilities has grown steadily

  16. Social Policy and Social Movements • Disability Rights • The Setting • In 1990, government passed Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) • Prohibits bias against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications

  17. Social Policy and Social Movements • Disability Rights • Sociological Insights • ADA is a significant framing of the issue of disability rights • Conflict theorists see ADA as part of 40-year civil rights movement • Interactionists focus on the everyday relationships of people with and without disabilities

  18. Social Policy and Social Movements • Disability Rights • Policy Perspectives • Groups feel federal agencies are too cautious in enforcing ADA • Visitability of homes being discussed

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