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[edit] Merge
Matarial from Cultural movement should be merged here, I think. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:42, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] No Merge
Cultural movements, like cultures themselves have unique characteristics, like individuals. They are responses to unique circumstances.
See Also is very useful...--Codestream 05:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Social movement vs social movement organization
Zald and McCarthy in their 'Social Movements in an Organizational Society' (Google Print, see p.21) make a very interesting point about differentiating between a social movement and social movement organizations. Basically, a specific social movement (like civil rights movement) is usually composed of many social movement organizations (like SNCC or CORE). I think it would be wortwhile do adopt this disctinction in our article(s). Comments?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 04:09, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Comment
Not a bad point, but here again, Wikipedia tools are very useful. See Also, Wiki's, and References, themselves have a purpose... --Codestream 06:59, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "MCD" -- wtf?
Please explain how your MCD -- which sounds like a perspective on life -- constitutes a *social movement*; explain how it belongs in the general definition rather than under "list of social movements," and explain how you justify using Wikipedia in this way to promote your own "movement".
(Some citations from scholarly *social movement literature* about the supposed importance of MCD would also be helpful, if you insist on describing it here rather than in its own category.)
130.63.112.100 23:01, 2 February 2006 (UTC) -- A sociologist
Yeah, that bit was really weird... I tried to edit it to sound a little less biased, but I don't know how well I did. That paragraph really needs to be reworked a little, for clarity if nothing else. -- v.
To the sociologist? wtf indeed... As a sociologist, your particular perceptions seem to be trained to guage what has taken place, historically, and what has been documented for academic study. Your not trained to employ the metrics necessary to measure a dynamic social process. Especially from where your sitting. You havent moved for quite a while...--Codestream 05:35, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
--v! Your edit is accepted for the time being, an update is on the table...
[edit] Methodology of Social Movements
I am a newbe so not quite sure how this all works.
The explanation of "Social Movements" somewhat misses explaining the essence of the unique methodology of a social movement.
Therefore may I suggest that after proper editing the following be inserted either between the first and second paragraph of the introduction, or as a separate section of the explanation.
Social movements are a type of group action. They are large informal groupings of individuals and/or organizations focused on specific political or social issues, in other words, on carrying out a social change.
> The methodology of social movements is unique in that most all social movements consist of three primary factions;
The Ministry; those identifiable leader type individuals who minister. The - instigators, - initiators, - instructors, - teachers, - preachers. The studying, preaching, teaching, initiating, headed by the idealists, with their exclusive; boards, committees, groups, doctrines, programs, and events. Important to maintaining the vision, principles, and policies of the movement.
The Missionary - those formal and/or informal organized groups and/or organizations of participants who mission. The - organizers, - activist (ones urging action), - missionaries, - solicitors, - evangelists - responders. The caring, sharing, evangelizing acting organized groupings, for the most part headed by leaders, exclusive top down proselytizing organization and/or project type structures. Important to spread/disseminate the vision of the movement and to increase the numbers of believers in the strategic initiative.
Manifest(ry) - those large masses who manifest, (make clear to the minds and senses of others, in a confrontational or non-confrontational manner, their opinions, convictions, and/or beliefs). The - manifestants. The trusting, communing, communicating, seeking, meditating, manifesting, coalitions of independent individuals, headed by the consensual will of the people, inclusive small clusters of independent individual believers, participating in acts or instances of mutual exchange/interchange, manifestation as equals. Important for the masses to be able to coherently seek and manifest the vision, strategic initiative, and to coalesce the spiritual will of the believers to bring together the spiritual and material resources needed to accomplish the objectives of the movement. <
Modern social movements became possible through education . . .
acommoner95355 Acommoner95355 14:49, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- Please be bold and edit the article yourself. We are all equals here and you have as much right to edit the article as any of us.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:14, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Aformed
What does this sentence mean? "From 1815, Britain after victory in the Napoleonic Wars entered a period of social upheaval aformed from 1905 as pressure for reform continued, resulting in the collapse of the Russian State at the end of the First World War." "aformed" isn't in the dictionary, and I can't think of a substitute that would make sense of this sentence. Art LaPella 04:20, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- I tried to fix it, but the history section simply needs a major expantion.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 17:30, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. Art LaPella 21:30, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Move
Move to Social Movements
Social Movements are never referred to in the singular. The literature on Social Movements is always and already used with a plural nomiker. Even when a particular instance of a social movement is called out, e.g. "the so-called anti-globalization movement" , the use of the singular is highly contensious, inaccurate and unnescearily provocative, given that by definition they are characterized by the loose coordination of multiple voices, actions and events. I propose merging this entry with Social Movements
Furthermore, the "social movement" literature, by contrast with the more sociological (anthropological and somewhat philosophical) Social Movements literatures, is used to describe the work on collective dynamics that is characterized by very different methodologies, specifically mathematical and visual. In so much as the "social movement" is describing specific characteristics of the phenomenon of actual physical movement in social animals, such as ants, birds and humans, it is best that it not be conflated nor confused with the political and sociological androgenic term. Please consider.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.161.61.43 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Second Movement
I agree with the above sentiment. There is a growing field of study that revolves around the (largely) visual representation and modeling of collective dynamics. This has been refered through the singular social movement. Could this article be merged with Social Movements, and a disambiguator placed on 'social movement'?128.54.51.147 01:01, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
