... social movements. A more precise definition by Della Porta states that a movement is 'an organised and sustained effort of a collectivity of interrelated individuals, groups and organisations to promote or resist social change with the use of public protest activities.'3 This indicates that a movement usually produces a less dramatic change through sustained activity over a long period whereas revolutions are associated with dramatic change in political and social situations. Giddens has grouped movements into four areas of concern - 'democratic movements concerned with establishing or maintaining political rights'4 for example the suffragette movement, 'labour movements concerned with defensive control of the workplace and with contesting and transforming the distribution of economic power' for example Trade Unions 'ecological movements concerned with limiting environmental and social damage' example Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth and 'Peace movements concerned with challenging the pervasive influence of military and aggressive forms of nationalism'5 for ...

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