The Four Social Movements

There are four types of social movements and they are classified into four different type of categories Revolutionary movement, Reformative movement, Conservative movement, and Reactionary movement. The four social movements are based on the goals they seek to achieve. A revolutionary movement wants to get rid of the current social system and replace it with a new one. Also when a revolutionary movement happens it usually becomes somewhat violent as they try to advance. Revolutionary movements flourish where reforms are blocked so that revolution remains the peoples only alternative to their present misery (Shah 2014). An example of a revolutionary movement is the communist revolution of China. A reformative movement is a social movement that seeks to change only some specific aspects of how a society function …show more content…
They like things the way they are already. Now there are times they make an exception but that’s only to change any undesired changes that have occurred that they are not happy with. An example of a conservative movement is the control of the republican party has been taken by people with strong feelings in favor of robust national defense, low taxes, minimum government regulations, and traditional (“’ Conservative movement”’ 2015). A reactionary movement is when a society or group decides to return to values of the past and get rid of some of the existing social values that they have now. They want to block social change or try and revere it back to how it use to be. An example of a reactionary movement is the antiabortion movement which is a contemporary example of a reactionary movement, as it arose after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized most abortions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and seeks to limit or eliminate the legality of abortion ( Barkan, S. (n.d.). Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Comprehensive Edition, v.