grass roots movement
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- activismDirect effort for reform
- communityCollective of connected people
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- movementChange in position
rallies · petitions · volunteers · local · bottom-up · campaign · advocacy · mobilization · protest · collective · solidarity · change · populist · citizens · empowerment · leaflets · door-to-door · neighborhood
organizational origin and power structure
grass roots movementestablishment
Founded organization or venue
bureaucracy · state apparatus · party machine · official channels · power structure
participant composition
grass roots movementspecial interest group
Organized advocates for specific cause
political machine · oligarchy · old boys' network · power brokers