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Unit 4: Community, social movements and social change
Quick questions on Social movements and social change in Australia: VCE Sociology
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What is defining social change?Show answer
Social change is significant alteration over time in the values, norms, institutions, behaviour or structure of a society. It can be gradual or rapid, and it can be driven by many forces, including technology, economic shifts, conflict and collective action. Social movements are one major driver of deliberate, organised social change.
What is evaluating success?Show answer
Movements vary in success. Some achieve clear legal change (marriage equality, native title), others achieve partial or contested outcomes, and some mainly shift values without immediate legal change. Sociologists evaluate movements by asking what changed, how durable it was, and whether structural inequalities remained.
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