What Are The Differences Of The Characteristic Between Social Movements And New Social Movements?

The difference between social movement and new social movement.
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The difference between social movement and new social movement
When society develops and evolves the repertoires of their action that accompany some of the debatable actions also develops. In the end, members of the society react against the formal institutions resulting in protests (Almeida, 2014). These actions come about when people share common problems and want their concerns to be addressed. People come together to form social movements because these movements allow those unhappy citizens to air out their grievances in an organized way. As a result, the social movement has become an important part of the society because social movements provide a platform for people’s grievances to be heard and addressed (Bosi, Giugni and Katrin 2016).
Social movements are institutions apart from the traditional political systems that people use to work through their grievances. Many people do not understand social movements. Several social groups are associated with social movements. Hence, many questions surrounding social movements are yet to be addressed (Almeida, 2010). This paper presents the meaning, and the nature of social movements describing how social movements have evolved to form new social movements. The paper presents the difference of the characteristics between a social movement and new social movements presenting two examples where social movements have made significant changes.
Understanding social movements
There are several definitions of the social movement, in simple terms; social movements are more organized groups whereby people come together to work and achieve a common goal. Social movements are established to fight, force changes, to resist change or have a political voice. In summary social movement are created to bring about social changes in the society (Brancati, 2014). The social movement involves activities that take place outside the traditional government structures with three main characteristics these include individuals who sustain the movement, people fighting for ongoing challenges against their opponent, most social movements rely on a network of support and the groups work against some powerful opponents (Ondrej and Vrablikova, 2016). The main characteristics can be summarized as sustained resistance, support network, and fighting against an opponent. In modern times, social movements have evolved out of its original definition (Ondrej and Vrablikova, 2016). Some movement has developed levels of complexity; hence new social movements have emerged.
The new social movements
The new social movements have come up in various societies, especially during the post-industrial economy that have different characteristics from conventional social movement. New social movements have emerged due to two main reasons. First, the rise of new social movements has been necessitated by the changes during the post- industrial economy. The new movement focuses on materialistic issues like economic well-being, human rights and democracy (Almeida, 2010). Today, the new social movements are global movements that transcend in many parts of the world and focuses mainly on global issues like the environ...