Exam 21: Collective Action and Social Movements

Which theory would predict that the violence between World Trade Organization (WTO) protestors and the WTO officials and riot police would get worse as the protestors became increasingly successful in shutting down the WTO Millennium Round of talks?

What was the 1907 Vancouver Riot an example of?

How would Charles Tilly define the actions of the very few protestors who engaged in vandalism of a Starbucks window at the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) protest?

Using breakdown theory, explain how a riot might occur this year.

According to resource mobilization theory, which of the following would be most likely to increase strike activity in a nation?

What do sociologists call Gustave Le Bon's argument?

Which theory of social movement is based on symbolic interactionism?

Which of the following refers to the number of unionized workers in Canada?

A group of gay and lesbian activists and supporters stage a demonstration at the Alberta Legislature regarding equal rights for same-sex couples. Which theory argues that this particular group would be expected to demonstrate?

The United States Department of Homeland Security has developed a system of tower-mounted cameras and facial recognition software that can correctly identify people at a distance of 100 metres.

Discuss Greenpeace as an example of the potential of new social movements to become global.

According to resource mobilization theory, when would strike activity be the most likely to increase?

Compare and contrast the four stages in the growth of citizenship rights.

What do we call long-term, often bureaucratically organized group attempts to create or resist social change?

The level of unionization increases working-class power and is reflected in the political behaviour of citizens.

In the 1960s, the right to vote in elections was finally extended to Indigenous people in Canada. What was their enfranchisement a part of?

The B.C. Teachers Federation threatened various job actions after a year's worth of negotiations did not bring them any closer to a contract with the provincial government. What is the B.C. Teachers Federation engaged in?

Discuss and give examples of the globalization of social movements. How do globalized social movements differ from movements at earlier periods in history?

Which of the following concepts does the study of riots and other non-routine social behaviour illustrate?

Which theory assumes that collective action results from the disruption of traditional norms and patterns of behaviour?