Practicing Success
Practicing Success
CUET Preparation Today
| We often assume that the rights we enjoy just happened to exist. It is important to recall the struggles of the past, which made these rights possible. We have seen social reform movements of the 19th century, which struggled against caste and gender discrimination. We have also seen a nationalist movement in India that brought us independence from colonial rule in 1947. Such nationalist movements were in existence in Asia, Africa, and the Americas that put an end to colonial rule. The socialist movements the world over, the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s that fought for equal rights for Blacks, and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa have all changed the world in fundamental ways. Social movements not only change societies; they also inspire other social movements. |
| From the following option which one would best fit as a feature of a social movement? |
It is an organization aimed at lobbying. It is a collection of people aimed at attaining political control of a territory. It is a movement that arises with the aim of bringing about changes on a public issue. All of the above. |
| It is a movement that arises with the aim of bringing about changes on a public issue. |
| Social movements often arise with the aim of bringing about changes on a public issue, such as ensuring the right of the tribal population to use the forests or the right of displaced people to settlement and compensation. |
