A local community campaign called Safe Streets Now begins after several serious near-misses at a busy intersection. In the first few weeks, residents post personal stories online and email local councillors. Within two months, supporters organise a public meeting, create a shared slogan, and run a weekend street-stall to recruit volunteers. Later, the campaign forms a committee with defined roles (media spokesperson, volunteer coordinator, treasurer), launches a website with formal membership sign-ups, and begins meeting fortnightly to plan actions. One year on, the council installs new pedestrian lights and reduces the speed limit; attendance at meetings drops sharply and the committee votes to stop regular meetings, keeping only a small email list for occasional updates.
b. Explain how the campaign’s activities in the two-month period indicate a shift from emergence to coalescence.
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In this unit, students explore the ways sociologists have thought about the idea of community and how various types of community are experienced. They examine the relationship between social movements and social change, including the nature, purpose, power, and outcomes of social movements.
Students investigate the sociological concept of power, the nature and purpose of social movements, types and stages of social movements, and how power is used by movements and their opposition. They evaluate the influence of social movements on social change, referencing Erica Chenoweth’s work, and analyse a specific social movement in detail.
the stages in social movements of emergence, coalescence, bureaucratisation and decline
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