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What kind of movements are generic movements?

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(i) These are long-term movements and involve more than one issue.

(ii) The environmental movement and the women's movement are examples of such movements.

(iii) There is no single organisation that controls or guides such movements.

(iv) Environmental movement is a label for a large number of organizations and issue-specific movements.

(v) All of these have separate organisations, independent leadership and often different views on policy-related matters.

(vi) Yet all of these share a broad objective and have a similar approach. That is why they are called generic movements.