Occupy Wall Street

Writing Assignment – Occupy Wall Street

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Analyzing Social Movements: Occupy Wall Street

Smelser\’s Structural Strain Theory, states that collective behavior essentially involves peoples\’ attempts to change their environment when they are perceiving situations of strain, threat, or uncertainty. The six basic conditions for collective behavior/social movement to occur as listed in your text are:

Structural conduciveness
Structural Strain
Generalized Belief
Precipitating factors
Effective leadership and a means of regular communication
Operation of social control
Refer to the online lesson (scroll down to link in bottom of lesson) for more information on Smelser\’s theory and other theories of collective behavior.

Your Writing Assignment:

Analyze the global \”Occupy Wall Street Movement,\” using each of the steps of Smelser\’s progressive stages listed above.
Use another theory of collective action to analyze the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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