Social Sciences,Sociology
Theories of Social Movements
Relative Deprivation Theory
Resource Mobilization Theory
Political Process Theory
New Social Movements Theory
Stages in Social Movements
Preliminary or Incipiency Stage
Coalescence Stage
Institutionalization or Bureaucratization Stage
Decline
Types of Social Movements
Alternative Social Movements
Redemptive Social Movements
Reformative Social Movements
Redemptive social movements
Reformative movements
Revolutionary/Transformative Social Movements
The Significance of Social Movements