The political process approach to the study of social movements ...

[rmenurse]

The political process approach to the study of social movements stresses their political nature. What do such movements attempt to achieve and what does success look like?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What factor plays a key role in determining why the population of Japan will most likely age more quickly than the U.S. population?
 
  a. Japan's fertility rate has maintained its below-replacement rate for many decades.
  b. Japan's medical advances surpass those of the United States.
  c. The U.S. mortality rate is considerably higher than Japan's.
  d. The lack of respect for the elderly in the United States hinders the quality of care they receive.

[CourtneyCNorton]

Answer to Question 1

According to this perspective, economic and political shifts occur, usually independently of protesters' own efforts, which open up a space or opportunities for the movement. Because this approach views movements as primarily political, making demands of the state and asking for changes in laws and policies, it regards changes in the government or state as the most important opportunity a movement needs and how it can achieve ultimate success for its goals. The first order change is often a slackening in the repression that movement organizers face, perhaps because political authorities are divided (the movement may have found some allies within the government) or because powerful political and economic actors have divergent interests. There may be a general crisis in the government, perhaps as a result of fighting (or losing) a foreign war, which distracts leaders and may bankrupt the government. In many versions of this perspective, the same factors are seen as explaining both the rise of the movement and its relative success.

Answer to Question 2

a

[rmenurse]

Excellent

[dawsa925]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it