Social Movements
A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. This may be to carry out, resist or undo a social change. It is a type of group action and may involve individuals, organizations or both. Definitions of the term are slightly varied. Social movements have been described as "organizational structures and strategies that may empower oppressed populations to mount effective challenges and resist the more powerful and advantaged elites". They represent a method of social change from the bottom within nations.Political science and sociology …
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GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 20 November 2024 English
This would be important in order to complete the drafting and agreement on treaty text including all the core obligations needed to end plastic pollution across the life cycle of …
environmental justice by strengthening grassroots social movements that advance solutions to waste and pollution …
ASPR: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution · 14 November 2024 English
Analyzing how multiple aspects of identity intersect and define the diverse experiences and forms of agency in conflict, leads to a better understanding of conflict dynamics and power relations between …
critical race and gender theory as well as social movements between the late 1960s and early 1980, including …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 8 November 2024 English
1 African Affairs 123 (491) April 2024 1 2 Air Power 19 (2) Summer 2024 2 3 American Political Science Review 118 (3) August 2024 3 4 Arms Control Today …
Hali/ K0r$ad Asian 441 Slow anti-Americanism: social movements and symbolic politics in Central Asia, by …
GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 5 November 2024 English
Gita Pertiwi and Carefood take on the role of facilitator, rather than a food bank, for both One key success element to the food sharing model donors and beneficiaries in …
environmental justice by strengthening grassroots social movements that advance solutions to waste and pollution …
Amnesty International · 4 November 2024 English
From April 13-15, 2024, a vibrant community of young activists, digital rights experts, and civil society leaders gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and online, united by a common goal: to …
benefits for human rights, from en- abling social movements to mobilise online, to providing those who … inclusive, children and young people can lead social movements across the world Tools, tips and resources …
IOM: International Organization for Migration · 4 November 2024 English
WORLD MIGRATION REPORT 2024 The opinions expressed in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). [...] …
disinformation. They may be States, corporations, social movements or individuals, and their motivations span …
UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 4 November 2024 English
In the context of urban climate action, inclusive innovations are needed to palliate the negative impacts of the transition to net zero and address the needs of the most vulnerable …
discussions on of areas for local governments and social movements to intervene. These green bonds in Chapter … consider innovation within and attention to social movements Additional resources UNINTENDED and insurance …
GAIA: Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · 2 November 2024 English
(2) Respect for all waste pickers and waste workers: upholding and strengthening human rights, we must center equity and justice in all our actions, protecting the livelihoods of waste pickers …
environmental justice by strengthening grassroots social movements that advance solutions to waste and pollution …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 1 November 2024 English
www.rsis.edu.sg No.090– 1 November 2024 The authors’ views are their own and do not represent the official position of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies of the S. [...] …
increasingly being mobilised to participate in social movements, lobby for China’s interests, and even engage …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 1 November 2024 English
We study funding gaps on Kickstarter across multiple ethnic groups from 2009-2021. Scaling the concept of racially salient events, we quantify the close co-movement of minority funding gaps in crowd-funding …
Agarwal, S., Lin, Y., Zeng, J.J. 2023. Do social movements evoke sympathetic response? Evidence from … 2024. Minimum viable signal: Venture funding, social movements, and race. Working paper. Mitkina, M., Ananthakrishnan …
