Factors of social movement
a. Cultural drift
- In the course of cultural drift most of the people develop new ideas.
- To get these ideas operative in the society they organize a movement, such as removal of untouchability, removal of gender discrimination and brings gender equitable society are the examples of cultural drift.
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b. Social disorganization
- Social disorganization brings confusion and uncertainty because the old traditions no longer form a dependable guide to behaviour.
- The individuals become rootless and thus they feel isolated from the society. At that time a feeling could develop that the community leaders are indifferent to their needs. Hence, the individual feel unsecured, confused and frustrated. This sort of confusion and frustration may produce social movement.
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c. Social injustice
- When a group of people feel that injustice has been done on behalf of their interest and hence, they become frustrated and alienated. Such feeling of injustice provides social movement.
- On the other hand, where society is disorganized and people are dissatisfied with the present social condition, certainly in this situation social movement begins