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