student movement

Youth-led political organizing

A student movement is an organized effort by students to bring about political or social change, typically through protests, demonstrations, sit-ins, or other forms of collective action.

Such movements often emerge from universities and may address issues ranging from educational policy to broader political causes.

The student movement of the 1960s helped shape civil rights and anti-war activism.

Student movements have historically served as catalysts for larger social upheavals, channeling youthful idealism into political pressure.

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institutional agent

student movementuniversity administration

Those governing a college

board of trustees · college administration · faculty senate · professoriate · dean's office

political orientation toward power

student movementestablishment

Founded organization or venue

status quo · counterrevolution · old guard · ruling class · power structure

stance toward authority

student movementgovernment crackdown

Official forceful suppression campaign

police action · military intervention · conformity · political apathy · acquiescence

Family

student, students, study, studied, studies, studying, studious, studiously, studio

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