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The Movement Action Plan: A Strategic Framework Describing The Eight Stages Of Successful Social Movements, Bill Moyer Apr 1987

The Movement Action Plan: A Strategic Framework Describing The Eight Stages Of Successful Social Movements, Bill Moyer

Strategy and Social Movements Collection

Social movements are collective actions in which the populace is alerted, educated, and mobilized, over years and decades, to challenge the powerholders and the whole society to redress social problems or grievances and restore critical social values. By involving the populace directly in the political process, social movements also foster the concept of government of, by, and for the people. The power of movements is directly proportional to the forcefulness with which the grassroots exert their discontent and demand change. The central issue of social movements, therefore, is the struggle between the movement and the powerholders to win the hearts …


Activity Vs. Productivity: Strategies Of Social Protest, Henry Spira Jan 1987

Activity Vs. Productivity: Strategies Of Social Protest, Henry Spira

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