Social movement is very common in all communities. They involve a group of people who come together with a common goal. The people have a common ideology and they decide to work together to see that this things have changed. Their main intention is to achieve a certain goal in the long run. The social movement is respected everywhere as they give rise a common goal and objective (Hobsbawm, 1965). All of these are related to the social changes that are happening in the country in the long run. This is hence very important for the people in the long run as it is very advantageous.
The socials groups can be formal or informal. This is very advantageous as they also lead to the unification of the established group. In this case, the Social movement is very important. The Social movement is either by individuals, a group of people or even organizations. They fight against a common goal in the short run (Sombart, 1896). The Social movements are made better by the improvement of education center. This has given more literature to the people hence they are able to facilitate their activities to the best.
Social movement are also a good way of viewing their grievances in a common goal hence help in curbing the problems that would be affecting them in the long run. It is an also a good body whereby the grievances of many people are settled down in one go (Hobsbawm, 1965). There are also the movements that have been facilitated by the improvement of technology in the long run. This is very good as the technological advancement assists in making the required changes .the social media is also very keen on finding the things that negatively as a team. These things are addressed very well so as to ensure that the light of the important things ar...
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... of these people. This in return leads to the identification of various people who are the members of Social movement (Jameson, 1956).
In the long run, the Social movement groups are very important in the long run. They have many advantages as discussed above. They also lead to the unification of the members who have joined it in the long run. It is hence very important in every society.
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Jameson, J. F. (1956). The American Revolution considered as a social movement. Boston: Beacon Press.
Hobsbawm, E. J., & Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress). (1965). Primitive rebels: Studies in archaic forms of social movement in the 19th and 20th centuries. New York: W.W. Norton
Sombart, W., Atterbury, A. P., & Clark, J. B. (1898). Socialism and the social movement in the 19th century: With a chronicle of the social movement 1750-1896. New York, N.Y: Putnam
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