One of the underlying rationales for studying social movements is that they are important social phenomena that often lead to significant change at the level of individuals, organizations, communities, and societies ... First, what can be said about the range of potential outcomes or consequences of social movements? Second, what are some of the problems associated with identifying social movem...

In discussing the ideology of social inclusion, this paper demonstrates that the composition of community groups in a period of late modernity is worthy of consideration. Although it would appear, on the surface at least, that previously stable community institutions, such as family, organised religion, trade unions, occupational workplaces, residential neighbourhoods, and so on, are being chal...

From Arab spring to Occupy movement, internet-mediated protests have overthrown governments or forced them to change policies. The speed and scale of this mobilization is unprecedented. A large volume of literature has explored the characteristics of these protests in the information age. Past research has pointed out that when channels of interaction between the public and government are block...

The student movement is considered as one of the important issues of Iranian political sociology, but its role and its nature and its relationship with other movements and movements in Iran have been discussed. The present article is trying to answer the role and function of the student movement in Iran. Using a descriptive-analytic approach, political currents have become instrumental in most ...

political evolutions and struggles of 19th century prepared the ground for realization of nationalities and emergence of nationalist movements. the realization of national identity in countries such as iran, turkey and egypt was partly due to the emphasis of governments on glorious history or ancient modernity of these nations. emergence of nationalism in any country is affected by political, ...