Sidney Tarkley In The 60's Analysis
The Truth Behind Tarrow’s Theory
As stated in Sidney Tarrow’s Power In Movement, “[social movements are defined as] collective challenges, based on common purposes and social solidarities, in sustained interaction with elites, opponents, and authorities” (Tarrow 4). The 1960’s as depicted in the film “Berkley in the 60’s” was a moment in history in which there were much social movement by groups of people in America. Tarrow’s cycle of contentious acts and social movement is definitely depicted throughout the entire film but especially during the start of the free speech movement on the UC Berkley campus and during the anti-Vietnam movements as shown in the film. It is during both of these onerous demonstrations that Tarrow’s cycle is …show more content…
The free speech movement on the UC Berkley campus was a moment in which students stood for what they believed to be true. In most cases, being on campus is the first time students are away from home and it is on campus in which students search for a greater purpose in life than just receiving an education from this “knowledge factory.” Students at the time were unhappy with the campus up scaling to accommodate more students and further more having the largest campus at the time allowed for the exchange of various ideas in a very quick manner. Tarrow states, “changing opportunities must be seen alongside more stable structural elements like the strength or weakness of the state and the forms of repression it habitually employs” (Tarrow 71). In order for Tarrow’s contentious cycle to even begin, there must be an opening for opportunity for political opposition. This is what was observed in Berkley. Students saw an opening and took advantage of it and sought it out to explore oneself and find a purpose in life. Then, although there is not one form of movement organization he did note mobilizing structures as, “a resource which allows contentious acts to be sustained as social
As stated in Sidney Tarrow’s Power In Movement, “[social movements are defined as] collective challenges, based on common purposes and social solidarities, in sustained interaction with elites, opponents, and authorities” (Tarrow 4). The 1960’s as depicted in the film “Berkley in the 60’s” was a moment in history in which there were much social movement by groups of people in America. Tarrow’s cycle of contentious acts and social movement is definitely depicted throughout the entire film but especially during the start of the free speech movement on the UC Berkley campus and during the anti-Vietnam movements as shown in the film. It is during both of these onerous demonstrations that Tarrow’s cycle is …show more content…
The free speech movement on the UC Berkley campus was a moment in which students stood for what they believed to be true. In most cases, being on campus is the first time students are away from home and it is on campus in which students search for a greater purpose in life than just receiving an education from this “knowledge factory.” Students at the time were unhappy with the campus up scaling to accommodate more students and further more having the largest campus at the time allowed for the exchange of various ideas in a very quick manner. Tarrow states, “changing opportunities must be seen alongside more stable structural elements like the strength or weakness of the state and the forms of repression it habitually employs” (Tarrow 71). In order for Tarrow’s contentious cycle to even begin, there must be an opening for opportunity for political opposition. This is what was observed in Berkley. Students saw an opening and took advantage of it and sought it out to explore oneself and find a purpose in life. Then, although there is not one form of movement organization he did note mobilizing structures as, “a resource which allows contentious acts to be sustained as social