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1. COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR
AND PROTESTS

2. INTRODUCTION
MOBS- MEANING, INFLUENCE
RIOTS- MEANING, NATURE
COLLECTIVE BRHAVIOUR AND
MOVEMENTS
¨ CHIPKO MOVEMENT
¨ APPIKO MOVEMENT
¨ NARMADA MOVEMENT
¨ SILENT VALLEY MOVEMENT
¨ MOVEMENT AGAINST MRPL
¨ AGITATION AGAINST KAIGA
WOMEN'S SELF HELP GROUPS
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3. INTRODUCTION
Man is a social animal, and always lives in group,
communities and societies
A person behaves totally different when he/she is
alone, from when he/she is in group. This kind of
behaviors is called 'collective behaviour'
Human behaviour coming under the scope of
collective behavior includes mobs,rumours,
propaganda, public opinion, revolution, social
movements etc.

4. MOBS
lMeaning- Assembly of people around a
common interest without any expectation or
planning is called a mob
lThe mob is a temporary Assembly of people
which responds to a particular provocation
lThere is a possibility of display of suppressed
feelings
lSometimes such displays assume violent
form

5. INFLUENCE OF MOB
Uncontrolled act's of the members of a mob after
indicate the short comings of the society
sometimes, they express the forustration towords
the working of social organization
When the collective behavior go's to an extreme,
it become necessary to use police, security force,
military help etc.

6. RIOTS
Riots is another type of mob behaviour
Violent and distuctive nature of mob behavior
is called riot

7. NATURE OF RIOTS
Rioters go on destroying everything in their way
Creation of chaos is the intention of rioters
Rioters don't have particular aim and it have
become serious challenge for law and order
Communal clashes, and group clashes are some
example
Riots do not continue for a long time
Riots can be controlled by the presence of mind of
the officials, by police and security forces and law

9. COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR
AND MOVEMENTS
AN ORGANIZED AND DIRCTED TO SPECIFIC GOAL AND
AIMS TO BRING SOCIAL CHANGE IS CALLED MOVEMENT
THE SOIL, AIR, WATER AND BIOSPHERE AROUND US
GETTING POLLUTED IS CALLED ENVIRNMENTAL
POLLUTION
INCREASE OF INDUSTRIES, TECHNOLOGICAL
PROGRESS, EXPANSION OF TRANSPORT SYSTEM HAVE
DISTROYED THE FOREST AND NATURE

10. • CHIPKO MOVEMENT
THE GOVERNMENT GAVE ORDER TO CUT DOWN
TREES IN TEHRI GARHWAL DISTRICT OF U.P
THE PEOPLE REALISED THAT THEY WILL LOSS
THE TREES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT WILL BE
AFFECTED
THE PEOPLE HUGGED THE TREES
THIS WAS HELD IN 1973 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF SHRI CHARDIPRASAD BHAAT
RESULT- THE ORDER WAS CANCLLED

12. APPIKO MOVEMENT
APPIKO MOVEMENT WAS STARTED IN 1983 IN
UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA
WHEN THE CONTRACTORS CAME TO CUT DOWN
THE TREES IN KELASE FORTST, THE PEOPLE
HUGGED THE TREES
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROTEST WAS TO STOP
SMUGGLING OF TIMBER DEVELOP AWARENESS
AMONG THE PEOPLE ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF
GROWING TREES AND IMPORTANCE OF
ENVIRONMENT

13. NARMADA MOVEMENT
lNARMADA MOVEMENT WAS STARTED BY MEDHA
PATKAR AND BABA AMTE
lTHE CONSTRUCTION OF DAM WAS LAUNCHED
ACROSS THE NARMADA RIVER UNDER SARDAR
SAROVAR PROJECT IN GUJARAT
lREASON- THE PEOPLE FELT THAT THE
CONSTRUCTION OF DAM WOLL LEAD TO
DESTRUCTION OF FOREST, DIMAGE THE
ENVIRONMENT ETC

14. SILENT VALLEY MOVEMENT
THE ENVIRANMENT AND ANIMALS CAME UNDER
THREAT WHEN A DAM WAS PLANNED TO
CONSTRUCT IN SILENT VALLEY IN PALGHAT
TALUK IN KERALA
SAHITYA PARISHAD AND WILD-LIFE
ENTHUSIASTS WENT AGAINST THIS
lTHE PROTECT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SAVING
FLORA AND FAUNA

15. MIVEMENT AGAINST MRPL
THE PROTEST WAS AGINST 'MANGULORE
REFINERIES AND PETROCHEMICALS
LIMITED'
THE PEOPLE REALIZED THAT THE CHEMICAL
FUMES AND OIL REFINERY IS GOING TO
POLLUTE THE ENVIRONMENT
THE PEOPLE WENT AGAINST THE MRPL

16. AGITATION AGAINST KAIGA
THE MOVEMENT WAS AGAINST 'NUCLEAR POWER
GENERATION CENRTE' IN KAIGA IN KARNATAKA
DR. SHIVARAM KARANTH AND OTHER INTELEATUALS
CARRIED THIS PROTEST
THE PEOPLE OF KAIGA FELT THAT NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FOREST COVER NAD
ENVIRONMENT
THE AWARNESS BECOME NESSARY TO CREAT PUBLIC
AWARNESS ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES AND IT'S PRIME
DUTY OF PEOPLE TI KEEP THEIR ENVIRONMENT SAFE
AND GREEN

17. WOMEN'S SELF HELP GROUPS
THE WOMEN'S SELF HELP GROUP WAS FORMED BASED ON
SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-MOTIVATION
WOMEN'S HELP EACH OTHER EVEN FINANCIALLY AND ALSO
THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT THEM
WOMEN'S GROUP HAVE HELPED TO LIVE INDEPENDENT LIFE,
AND RAISE THE STATES IN SOCIETY
EXAMPLE- KARNATAKA'S WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
PROGRAMME
KARNATAKA'S WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS ARE BECOMING
POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE STATE