Read Goodwin & Jasper: Introduction Part VIII – Why Do Movements Decline? Pp. 343-345

· Chapter 31 “The Decline of the Women’s Movement,” by Barbara Epstein pp. 347-353

1. How might a social movement become a victim of its own success? Could this be said of the women’s movement?

2. Why has the women’s movement declined in recent years? Do you think this decline is permanent or is the movement simply in “abeyance, ” with the possibility of springing back to life under the right conditions?

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Textbook: Goodwin, Jeff, Jasper, J. M. (2015). The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 3rd Edition, Malden, MA, Wiley Blackwell.