Identifying the Stages in the Evolution/Developmentaf a Social
Movenient/Problein
Stage 1: Emergence and dlaim making
Stage 2: The legitimization process of formalizing the manner in which the social
problem is handled
Stage 3: Renewed claims making when the strategies of organizations formed in
stage 2 unable to effectively address the problem
Stage 4: Development of alternative strategies because groups believing they cannot
work within the established system seek either to alter the system or work:
outside of it : a
Instructions: In each scenario below identify which stage best describes that
scenario
1. Patient isolation was common when public agencies began to respond to the
HIV/AIDS crisis, as in the case of the teenager Ryan White who was excluded
‘from the right to attend public school with his classmates. Ryan and his,
__ mother’s experiences also shed light on the difficulties faced by low-incoitte,
uninsured, or underinsured individuals and families with the disease.”
2, Inthe early 1980s, HIV/AIDS task forces were created in the Centers for
Disease Control and the World Health Organization. “
3, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) formed in'1967 calling for direct
action to end the epidemic Itwas among the most critical organizations to
form, challenging the government and the public health agencies’ response to
HIV/ADS. *
4, Gay activists and public health official began to mobilize in the early 1980s,
in order to raise awareness and change the public's perception of HIV/AIDS
after the first cases were documented in 1979 in the US.