A new Australian social movement, FairRent Now, is campaigning for stronger protections for renters, including limits on rent increases and minimum standards for rental properties. The movement is deciding between two main strategies for the next 12 months.
Strategy 1: weekly non-violent actions (e.g. coordinated letter-writing, community forums, peaceful rallies, and renter “know your rights” training) designed to broaden participation.
Strategy 2: a smaller number of disruptive actions that include property damage to real estate offices and confrontations with police, intended to attract media attention.
The movement’s leadership is also concerned about opposition from property lobby groups and some politicians, who are publicly framing the movement as ‘radical’ and ‘anti-business’.
a. Outline one way a social movement can influence social change, using Erica Chenoweth’s research to support your answer.
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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 influences of the social movement on social change, with reference to the work of Erica Chenoweth.
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