current social movement

in what ways can you be a social force toward change?

youth activism and social change

As the century developed the ‘‘societies’’ to which social thinkers turned theirattention appeared increasingly complex and so crosscut by inner conflict that apressing question became how these kinds of societies could hang together. Anelement in the equation was the institutional one that drew attention to the properorganization of industrial capitalism on the one hand, and to the modern state on theother. This was the essentially conservative question of social integration. A secondwas what today we might call ‘‘the social movement question.’’ After all, the longcentury began and ended with revolutions and was much taken up by them through-out, notably in 1830, 1848, and 1870. Moreover, as we have already noted, peoplewere on the move, especially when large urban centers became the major gravitationalpull in Europe and the United States. While this represented a threat to ‘‘socialintegration’’ for some, for others it represented a catalytic possibility. The questionbecame how such a potential force could be harnessed to greatest effect.

The movement of people across international borders has _____ in recent years.

What is your unique idea for social change and your theory of change?