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21.1 Collective Behavior Collective behavior is noninstitutionalized activity in which several people voluntarily engage. There are three different forms of collective behavior: crowd, mass, and public. There are three main theories on collective behavior. The first, the emergent-norm perspective, emphasizes the…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: Collective behavior and social movements are just two of the forces driving social change, which is the change in society created through social movements as well as external…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: Social movements are purposeful, organized groups that strive to work toward a common social goal. While most of us learned about social movements in history classes, we tend…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you should be able to: Sociology in the Real World Flash Mobs and Challenges In March 2014, a group of musicians got together in a fish market in Odessa for a spontaneous…
Figure 21.1 Activism can take the form of enormous marches, violent clashes, fundraising, social media activity, or silent displays. In this 2016 photo, people wear hoods and prison jumpsuits to protest the conditions at Guantanamo Bay Prison, where suspected terrorists had been…