Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
1970s. 1980s in sociology. 1990s: ... The Analysis of a Social Movement is published. [67] [68] Michael Young's Social scientist as innovator is published. [69] [70]
The Tea Party movement is founded, in part emerging from libertarian conservative Ron Paul's 2008 campaign for the Republican nomination. [187] [188] [189] The loosely organized conservative movement demands rigorous adherence to the Constitution, lower taxes, lower deficits, restrictions on illegal immigrants, and opposes Obama's health care ...
Social movements are groupings of individuals or organizations which focus on political or social issues. This list excludes the following: Artistic movements: see list of art movements. Independence movements: see lists of active separatist movements and list of historical separatist movements
The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
Social conservatism supports school prayer, which has been banned in public schools ever since a series of 1960s Supreme Court decisions such as Engel v. Vitale. Social conservatives have continued to attack the Supreme Court, blaming these decisions for pushing Christianity out of America's mainstream culture. [33] [34]
Pages in category "1980s protests" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. Singing Revolution
The environmentalism movements of the 1980s reduced the emphasis on intensive farming, and promoted organic farming and conservation of the countryside. [9] [10] Protestant religious observance declined notably in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century.
A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, ... new social movement theory (1980s) Deprivation theory