Criticism
Some sociologists, like Paul Bagguley and Nelson Pichardo, criticize NSM theory for a number of reasons, including:
- the movements concerned with non-materialistic issues existed (in one extent or another) during the industrial period and traditional movements, concerned with economic well-being, still exist today,
- there are few unique characteristics of the new social movements, when compared to the traditional movements,
- differences between older and newer movements have been explained by older theories,
- there is doubt in terms of whether contemporary movements are specifically a product of postindustrial society,
- NSM focuses almost exclusively on left-wing movements and does not consider right-wing,
- the term "new middle class" is amorphous and not consistently defined, and
- might be better viewed as a certain instance of social movement theory rather than a brand new one..
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