There are various social change models. These all require public awareness and learning, and consensus building (building critical mass), before policy change can effectively be implemented and enforced. Section 3 of this module covers social movement frameworks, which explain the (various) programs of social change movements to bring about such change.
We found the following social change model applicable and relevant to animal welfare. It is a model of the stages needed to institutionalize social change:
Official structures – the development of departments or individuals dealing with the issue (when there is a need to put the issue on the agenda)Legislation – when the need for official policy change is accepted Enforcement – when the authorities accept the need to enforce change Transmission by education – when it is accepted that this needs to be an issue for society Cultural transmission by family – when the issue is generally accepted, and grassroots education takes place within families
