Question

Neo-social movements are issue-specific movements. Identify some of the neo-social movements.

• A. Non-Cooperation Movement
• B. Chipko Movement
• C. Consumer Movement
• D. Narmada Bachao Aandolan

Answer 1

Answer: (C), (D)

The correct options are
C Consumer Movement
D Narmada Bachao Aandolan

The term new social movements (NSMs) is a theory of social movements that attempts to explain the plethora of new movements that have come up in various western societies roughly since the mid-1960s (i.e. in a post-industrial economy) which are claimed to depart significantly from the conventional social movement .