Discussion
5.2: Social Movements Answer the following questions for the initial post.
IDENTIFY a current or historical social movement that interests you. Ensure
that it meets the definition of a social movement pursuant to the class text.
1. Briefly DESCRIBE the social movement and its objectives or political
positions. 2. Which sociological theory best fits this movement-relative
deprivation or resource mobilization? Why? 3. SELECT one of the three
sociological perspectives-Functionalism, Conflict Theory, or Symbolic
Interactionist-and DESCRIBE how the social movement would be viewed through the
selected theory.
2 peer responses – due in 4 hours
Guided Response: Respond in a substantive way to at least two of your peers. Choose at least one point from your peer’s response that impacted your thinking on this subject, and explain why and how that particular comment resonated with you or caused you to think in a different way. Compare the implications for […]