Social Movements, Biographical Consequences of

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ID18939905
AuthorsSolen Roth (0000-0002-8760-0505, corresponding author), Silke Roth
Year2017
Pages1-3
Publication date2017-09-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss160.pub2
OpenAlexW577731807
ISBN9781405165518
LanguageEN
References cited16

Biographical consequences of social movements can be observed at the micro‐, meso‐, and macrolevels. The effects at the microlevel concern the impact of movement participation on activists' life courses, the individual level of participants in movement activities. As numerous studies have shown, activists tend to remain committed to the social change goals they pursue in social movements, and this commitment has significant effects in their work lives, political attitudes, and personal relationships, although only a small proportion of activists are persisters. Former activists continue to hold leftist attitudes, define themselves as “liberal” and “radical,” and remain active in social movements and other forms of political activity. They tend to be concentrated in teaching and other “helping” professions, have lower incomes than their age peers, and are more likely to have experienced an episodic or nontraditional work history. Furthermore, they are more likely to have divorced, married later, or remained single than their age peers. Lifelong commitment to socialism also gave interviewees a purpose in life

Communism · Left-wing politics · New Left · Political science · Politics · Social change · Social movement · Socialism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology

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