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Preferred term

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS  

Definition

  • SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL OR POLITICAL FORCES WHICH AIM TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE, BUT WHICH HAVE ONLY THE MINIMUM OF ORGANISATION AND OPERATE THROUGH SELF-GENERATING AND INDEPENDENT ACTION

Broader concept

History note

  • TERM CREATED JULY 2008

Definition source

  • CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/5b35c739-f968-454c-8344-4cf13bce4149

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