Bell Work 1. What is an Institutional Review Board (IRB)? 2. Give an example of a time in which informed consent was provided and withheld in a study. 3. What beliefs or values does the Tuskegee Experiment exemplify? 4. How has the Nuremberg Trials left a lasting historical impact? 5. Do IRBs most impact the good of the individual or the good of society?
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Bell Work1. What is an Institutional Review Board
(IRB)?
2. Give an example of a time in which informed consent was provided and withheld in a study.
3. What beliefs or values does the Tuskegee Experiment exemplify?
4. How has the Nuremberg Trials left a lasting historical impact?
5. Do IRBs most impact the good of the individual or the good of society?
Social Change, Collective Action and Social Movements
Evolutionary social changeEvolutionary view of social change gradual transformation through stages of increasing complexity
as opposed to revolutionary view, which assumes that a revolution is needed for change to occur
Social Revolution Social revolution involves a fundamental change in social practices
Distinct from political revolution, which is overthrow of one political regime by another
Toffler’s Three Waves of Social Development
Agricultural age — people moved away from nomadic wandering/hunting to villages and cultures
Industrial age — people leave the peasant culture of farming to work in city factories with machinery
Information age — wealth is increasingly contingent on the possession of knowledge/information.
Social ChangeSocial change - significant alteration of social structures
Social structures - patterns of social action and interaction
Types of Movements
Reactionary
Desire to reverse changes that have occurred
Ex: KKK – oppose rights given to minorities
Conservative
Work to prevent changes
Ex: movement to ensure that marriage remains between man and woman only
Reformist (Revisionist)
Also known as liberal, desire moderate changes
Ex: Movement to legalize marijuana
Revolutionary
Designed to bring major change, such as a coup
Escapist (Retreatist)
People who move to “dropout” of society by isolating themselves
Assimilationist
Designed to help minority groups assimilate or be accepted into society.
Ex: Gay Rights
Cultural LagPhenomenon where cultural elements, such as religious beliefs, change more slowly than structural elements, such as technological innovations
Example: 9-month school schedules
Theories of Revolutionary changeIncreasing conflict among parts of society—different economic groups—as the main source of social change
Mainly associated with Karl Marx
Post-industrial Society
Daniel Bell popularized the concept of post-industrial society in the early 1970s
The term signifies a stage between industrial society and a future form of society yet to be established
GlobalizationGlobalization - the widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide connections in all aspects of contemporary social life
Religious, financial, cultural, moral, etc.
Globalization Movements
3 types of social movements in response to the globalization:
Legitimizing
Resistance
Project
Legitimizing movements and identities
Social movements generated through institutions of civil society that are outside of the state, yet have legitimate access to state power
Ex: Education reform movements
Resistance movements and identities
Social movements based on the identity of excluded groups (i.e. racial and ethnic minorities) and a resentment toward the dominant institutions
Ex: Civil Rights movement, Occupy Wall Street
Project movements and identities
Social movements that use available cultural resources to create new identities that redefine one’s position in society and try to change the overall social structure
Ex: Women’s movements and environmental movements
Key Characteristics of Social Movements
An informal network of interactions among activist groups, individuals, and organizations
Collective identity
Engagement in political or cultural conflict over social change
Collective Behavior
Mobilization on the basis of a belief which redefines social action
Timeline Project
Select the Top 15 Social Movements/Events in US History from 1776
Picture
Type of Movement/Event
Brief Description
Justification/Significance
Must have 1 example for each category before you leave today