The political process model was introduced Doug McAdam to explain social movement emergence. He continues with his theory to explain social movement decline due to the same factors of social movement emergence. According to Mc Adam, social movements occur when incentives occur to mobilize collective action. McAdam believes that social movements are a political phenomenon [...]
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cycles of contention
In Power in Movements Sidney Tarrow explains the various dynamics of social movements. He treats social movements as rational and explains that they emerge when certain political opportunities arise. He concludes that cycles of contention will occur due to the fact that when a single social movement succeeds, it opens opens the door [...]
