The Emergence of Social Movements in the 1950s and 1960s (1750 words, 3 pages)
"The overthrow of an existing government, ... the installation of traffic-calming measures in a suburban street" (Abercrombie, 2000 324), the nuclear disarmament movement, the stop the war coalition, all are examples of social movements. A social movement, as defined by Tarrow (1994 4), is 'collective challenges by people with common ...
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