Showing papers on "Social movement published in 1972"

Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation

Abstract: Filled with Joyous self-affirmation, angry manifestos, and searching personal reflections, this classic work provides a close look at the individuals and ideologies of this important social movement. In the tradition of Sisterhood is Powerful, "Out of the Closets" presents, in their own words, the views, values attitudes, aspirations, and circumstances of the early generation of gay and lesbian liberationists. Highlighting both how much and how little has changed since Stonewall, this work is essential reading for anyone concerned with the history of sexuality and the legal and social status of lesbians and gays in contemporary America.

Environmental Social Movements and Counter-Movements An Overview and an Illustration

Abstract: social movements in direct opposition to environmental groups. The growth of an organized opposition appears somewhat parallel to the organization of groups such as the White Citizen’s Councils in response to the Civil Rights Movement of the past decade (see Gale, 1972). The development of such organizations offers an excellent opportunity for comparative research on environmental attitudes and values

The origins of the Orange Order and the United Irishmen

Abstract: The paper analyses the social-structural conditions of existence and the consequent political features of two eighteenth-century social movements, the United Irishmen and the Orange Order. Many subsequent historians have identified the United Irishmen as a purely revolutionary movement and the Orange Order as a purely counter-revolutionary movement in the service of the established order. Historical evidence concerning the social, economic and political situation in Ireland at this time is employed to demonstrate that this antithesis is untenable and that the political character of these movements is far more complex.

Social Movements: An Interactionist Analysis

Abstract: A social movement is a dynamic phenomenon that necessitates an appropriate theoretical perspective for adequate analysis. An interactionist perspective provides a useful dynamic mode of analysis. Following a historical resume of the LSD movement led by Timothy Leary, the genesis of the movement, the development of its ideology and program, and motivational factors involved in the recruitment of adherents are analyzed from an interactionist perspective.

Forces for social change vs. near-term strategic decisions.

Abstract: Impacts of social issues on near-term strategic decisions tend to be of three major types: (1) direct market reactions (as long hair has cut the t market for barber services); (2) protective reacti...

Recruitment to Nationalism: New Politics or Normal Politics?

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to attempt to characterize nationalism in Quebec as a movement of new politics or of normal politics. Either conception seems plausible at first glance. Many historians have taken the view that nationalism constitutes a norm of French Canadian culture, a goal which has been pursued through one means or another by all French Canadians since the Conquest.1 The alternative point of view sees nationalism as a social movement which recurs episodically under particular social conditions and among particular social groups.2 It might seem that one could test between these models in a relatively straightforward way simply by assessing the division of popular support between nationalist and non-nationalist options. The normal option would be the one to which most people in the society subscribed. This may not be a completely adequate test, however, since social movements can achieve positions of dominance or neardominance in a society without, solely by virtue of that fact, losing their character as social movements.

SWS: How To Succeed in Sociology By Joining a Social Movement

Abstract: SWS is ostensibly concerned both with improving the general status of women in society and raising the position of women within the profession. However, the two goals are often incompatible, since professional success tends to further separate academic women from other sisters and SWS has expended little effort to reach outside the profession. This article will explore some of the conflicts between SWS and other parts of the Women’s Liberation Movement and present some strategies to combat conservatism within the organization.

Political Culture and Political Behaviour

Abstract: Political behaviour is the third of the factors which must be considered in understanding and explaining the politics of West Germany. It interacts with other factors of history and the political system, shaping them and being shaped by them. But ‘political behaviour’ is a vague term in itself. More precisely, it includes the ways in which people act politically, and the reasons why they act in those ways, in terms of their motivations and values, and the political culture which is the setting for their political ideas and activities.