"The Personal is Political": Feminisms and movements for gender equality: Sociology Assignment

Internal Code: MAS5845

Politics and Power in Public Health

Case Study: A social movement can be defined as a sustained and organised public effort targeting authorities that can use both conventional and unconventional strategies to achieve its goals (Tilly, 2004). Criteria to be considered a social movement include: the presence of articulated grievances; policy goals; access to human and financial resources; sustained activities to meet these goals; leadership; and participants with a shared worldview and identity (Freudenberg et al, 2011). Some of these characteristics can also be applied to advocacy groups but where a movement is different is that it has deep social roots and an ability to maintain an ideology irrespective of membership or an organisational structure (Laverack, 2013). Questions:

1. The most common type of journal article you will find in the health sciences deals with primary research. These articles describe an original experiment or analysis that adds to current knowledge a particular topic. These articles will include background information, the methods the scientist used, a description of the results, and an analysis of what the results mean in the context of current knowledge.
2. Review articles on the other hand do not report on collected data but instead synthesise current research on a specific topic. Often an article will summarise past research, identify important people in the field, outline recent advances, and point out gaps in a body of knowledge. Some review articles are also known as commentaries depending on their purpose.