Case Studies: Suffragetes and Lead Battery Acid Recycling

The suffragettes were an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections.

Which theory best accounts for the emergence of the suffragettes?

• New Social Movements Theory

• Deprivation Theory

What type of social movement are the suffragettes?

• Alternative

• Redemptive

• Reformative

• Revolutionary

What type of social change were the suffragettes trying to achieve?

• Political changes

• Economic changes

• Environmental changes

• Cultural changes

• Technological changes

The sufragettes were succcessful in getting women the vote (e.g. 1902 in Australia.) What stage is this movement in?

• Emergence

• Coalescence

• Bureaucratisation

• Decline

Research an example of the suffragette's use of power. Identify which type of power it is:

* Direct Action (e.g. demonstrations)

*Strategic Use of ICT (e.g. social media)

*Legal Power (e.g. taking an issue to court)

The Hazelwood North Community Action Group is trying to pressure the State Government to prevent the opening of a proposed lead battery acid recycling plant in Morwell.

Which emergence theory best explains why this movement has come into being?

• New Social Movements theory

• Deprivation Theory

What type of social movement is the Hazelwood North Community Action group?

• Alternative

• Redemptive

• Reformative

• Revolutionary

What type of social change are the Hazelwood North Community Action Group aiming to achieve?

• Political changes

• Economic changes

• Environmental changes

• Cultural changes

• Technological changes

The Hazelwood North Community Action group has made sustained efforts over the past few years to try and stop the plant from being developed. However, they do not have a clear leader or paid staff.

• Emergence

• Coalesence

• Bureaucratisation

• Decline

The Hazelwood North Community Action Group's uses several strategies to try and achieve its "desired ends." Select ONE of the following strategies and explain how it is likely to help and/or hurt the social movement' s achievement of aims:

* Direct Action (e.g. demonstrations)

*Strategic Use of ICT (e.g. social media)

*Legal Power (e.g. taking an issue to court)

* Media ( e.g. being interviewed by the local ABC)