Social Movements

Historical Impacts

• Human Rights• Women’s rights• Workers Rights

Have Social Movements become mundane?• Institutionalisation• Frequency• Radicalism

Contemporary Movements

• GetUp!• Union Movement• Social Media

Social Movements and Power

• Protesters-Empowered• State- Repressed• Generators of Power-Protesters

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refugees. Retrieved 3rd May, 2014, from http://cruwsible.com.au/university-of-western-sydney-riot-squad-meets-students-protesting-for-refugees/

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