New Social Movements: Changing America One Step at a Time

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Ideologically: social movements are challengers, which seek to change the agenda of the system in which they work. They advance ideas which, to be realized, would require fundamental and widespread change in policies and in values ? change which may be partially achieved through government action and legislation, but can not be wholly achieved in this way...
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They raise issues, which question the dominant values that constitute the political culture of their society, and hence have a ?political' and ?cultural' dimension. They aim to change peoples' attitudes on a personal as well as public level. The organizational side is more practical, referring to the ?administration' side of action...
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