SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Social Movements

Social Movements

Social Movements and It impact on Public Safety:

Sociologists have defined the social movements as an organized, non-institutional, collective and sustained challenge to power holder, authorities, or cultural practices and beliefs. From the perspective of theories, there are five different stages and through these stages the social movement has an impact on public safety. Authorities, activists and their opponents, all act as if the social movement matters to them, but when and how it does, is a matter of great consideration and debate. (Kornhauser, 2008)The impact of social movements often plays a very important role and it generates ...