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This document proposes a theory to explain how social movements progress through stages of increasing intensity and social focusing. It defines six stages: disintegration, revitalization, religious, organization, militaristic, and self-immolation. The theory uses two variables - differentiation (internal structure) and centrality (external information) - and their ratio (d/c ratio) to determine the level of social focusing, from chaotic to ordered. A higher d/c ratio indicates more intense focusing. The doc

Author

Carlos Guillermo Ledesma

Language

EN