Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice . See chart, text p263. Rising expectations - the theory of relative deprivation. An appealing moral cause Consciousness raising. In more sophisticated language, social movements are pathological responses to temporary dislocations in the course of social and economic development.
Popular democrats stress the importance of social movements to democracy.
Social movements prevent the political system from ossifying, and provide a way for people to communicate directly with the government and with society as a whole. References Dudziak, Mary Louise. The Relationship Between Civil Rights and Foreign Affairs in the Truman Administration . 2 nd edition.