Question

Answer in brief.

What is a movement?

Answer 1

1. A movement is a collective action that involves the active participation of people. It is generally formed when people come together in the interest of a particular social issue for e.g. pollution.
2. Every movement has a particular social objective or a focused problem. For e.g. Movement against corruption will have the objective to end corruption.
3. Every movement requires a good leader. Good leadership keeps the movement active, makes it more effective and decides the objective of the movement, programme of action, strategy of agitation, etc.
4. There are one or more organisations associated with every movement in order to follow up on issues. For e.g. the farmers’ movement has the farmers’ organization.
5. Since a movement is a collective action, it requires public support. It is essential that the public must feel connected to the issue that is being focused on by the movement.
6. Every movement has a programme of action which helps them to shape public opinion.