Question

In the 1990s, many isolated individuals began to see the growth of federal prison populations as a problem. Later they would form groups to protest the policies that imprisoned so many, but first they were part of:___________.
a.a fad or fashion.
b.cultural lag.
c.the incipient stage of a social movement.
d.the bureaucratized stage of a social movement.
e.a collective action.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Incipient Stage of the Social Movement

Explanation:

Social Movements represent group actions. The movement is usually characterized by the coming together of organisations or individuals, it can be formal or informal. The focus of social movements is to provoke action or bring about change in areas of the society.

Social Movements are marked by 4 stages: Emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline

Stage 1: Emergence or Incipient Stage - This stage is where individuals in isolated areas begin to see or believe there is a problem with a policy or an area of society. There is disappointment with certain social or political issues. It is the stage of realisation of a problem and dissatisfaction with the problem and this is the stage identified in the question.

Stage 2: Coalescence - This stage goes beyond the dissatisfaction to people, groups coming together to discuss the issue and then campaigns and protests begin to emerge

Stage 3: bureaucratization- Powerful unions begin to emerge, these coalitions also begin to acquire political power to cause change in the issues they are addressing.

Stage 4: Decline - Decline can be defined as the fizzling out of the movement, it can be due to the fact that it succeeded in causing a societal change in the area addressed or it failed and had to disband.