Category: Protest

The purpose of Piven and Clowards (1978) book is to investigate the reasons, mechanics, and outcomes of social movements in a capitalistic society. The authors main argument is that mass movements are subject to social structures controlled by elites and, therefore, cannot achieve significant change due to the lack of necessary resources, which obstructs their…

Table of Contents The introduction Summary of the core issues The problem Researches Conclusion References The introduction In the era of new technologies, the number of new gadgets and various social networks is increasing daily. Few people think, but based on an understanding of the dynamics of protests, one can track possible cases of their…

Table of Contents Summary of the Source Evaluation of the Source Relationship to Other Sources ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Possible Use of the Source Works Cited Summary of the Source In modern society, it is common for people to use the terms anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism to mean the same thing. However, that may not necessarily be true based on…

While the initial chapters of Piven and Clowards (1978) book aimed at explanation of movements structure and the specific features of the American protests of the unemployed, the consecutive sections cover more particularities related to poor peoples movements. The fourth and fifth chapters of the reading discuss the reasons, mechanics, and the manifestations of the…

Table of Contents Introduction Case Description Personal Intentions to Tell the Truth Public and Economic Benefits Anti-Political Moves Conclusion Works Cited Introduction It is wrong or even useless to neglect the role of the Internet and social media in everyday life. It is not just a tool to share the news but an opportunity to…

The purpose of the two articles by Roach and Roach (1978; 1979) is to discuss the arguments presented by Piven and Cloward on the reasons, mechanics, and outcomes of social movements. Roach and Roachs (1978) main argument consists in claiming that independent and uncontrolled poor peoples movement will fail, and the only way for the…

Large-scale protests in Puerto Rico in summer 2019 began after the public presentation of the correspondence between Ricardo Rosselló, the head of state, and his team. About 900 pages of messages in Telegram were clarified and made available to people. Since the data leaked, more than 500,000 Puerto Ricans took part in the protest against…

Riots are an essential topic in sociology since they explain the behaviors of people and what contributed to such actions. Usually, riots are the aggression that accumulates in society and then manifests into a physical confrontation. Among such events is the one that happened in 2021, which was a riot in Capitol. However, while this…

More than two thousand years separate such philosophers as Socrates and Thoreau. One of them lived in Ancient Greece long before the Industrial and market revolutions, and another was a citizen of the 19th-century United States as it gradually became an industrial powerhouse of the globalizing world. It seems reasonable to assume that the problems…

Table of Contents Parties Facts Prior proceedings Issues presented or questions of law Arguments or objectives of the parties Holding/ the rule of law Rationale Relation of the case to the core value of Integrity References Parties Hacer Dinler, et al., Michael Schiller, et al., Deirdre MacNamara, et al. (Plaintiffs) v. The City of New…