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Appendix D: Glossary of Movement Terminology
Pages 83-84

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... Framing can also refer to strategic diction, choices of connotation, and special overtures to certain interest groups or specialized audiences. A conscious decision by policy makers to discuss education as a population health issue (or deciding not to do so)
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... Resource mobilization An older school of social movement scholarship that analyzes how movement participants marshal and utilize economic, political, and other resources. A new generation of scholars has critiqued this approach and underscored the importance of narratives, frames, and emotional appeals, which are often as influential in determining movement momentum and ultimate success.
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Key Terms

  • social movement
  • movement participants
  • resource mobilization
  • usually public
  • conscious decision

  • causal explanations
  • usually draw
  • private entities
  • disparities occur
  • discuss education

  • spread ideas
  • participants marshal
  • political motifs
  • political mobilization
  • achieving societal

  • narratives include
  • racial health
  • vidual anecdotes
  • utilize economic
  • ordinary people

  • movement scholarship
  • coordinated individuals
  • term denotes
  • health issue
  • professional status

  • status quo
  • collective effort
  • population health
  • visual symbols
  • attempts usually


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