Exam 21: Collective Action and Social Movements

Breakdown theory focuses on the impact that shifts in the balance of power between disadvantaged and privileged groups have on the formation of social movements.

When contract negotiations break down between a union on a university campus and the university administration, which strategy is likely to be used by the union to extract concessions from the employer?

As a high school student, the author of the textbook failed to gain support against the owners of the local paper mill because he didn't frame the issues correctly.

In this textbook, the authors argue that the history of social movements is the history of attempts by privileged groups to narrow their members' citizenship rights and narrow the scope of protest to the global level.

When low-wage workers of one ethnic group and high-wage workers from another ethnic group compete for the same jobs, what is the likely result?

Until the 1970s, what did many sociologists believe about the people who led social movements?

Which of the following was the most violent strike in Canadian history so far?

According to relative deprivation theory, when are people induced to rebel?

According to the textbook, which of the following terms refers to the struggle engaged in by underprivileged groups to broaden rights?

In Vancouver in 2011, downtown crowds rioted after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins. What kind of group action did the Vancouver crowds engage in?

When a social movement emerges from the collective actions of a group, what must discontented people succeed in establishing?

What do we call sporadic, brief, and sometimes violent group actions?

Collective action and social movements do not occur only when disadvantaged groups become more powerful. Under which of the following other conditions do opportunities for protest occur?

Non-routine action can occasionally be unpredictable and uncontrolled. What other characteristic does non-routine organization usually have?

In 1988, abortion in Canada was finally decriminalized. Which of the following successfully brought about decriminalization?

When the World Trade Organization (WTO) Millennium Round of talks began to break down in 1999 due to the actions of the protestors, which of the following was most likely to occur next?

During the World Trade Organization (WTO) protest in 1999 the government called in the National Guard, who arrested peaceful protestors and sprayed them with C₂ gas and rubber bullets. What are these actions an example of?

Just prior to a strike by union employees on a university campus, union members spend a lot of money on pamphlets stating why students have the same interests as the soon-to-be-striking employees and why they should support them. What do the union's actions illustrate?

In the United States in the 1960s, certain political forces created a climate that discouraged union growth. What resulted from that situation?

Which theory suggests that social movements emerge from collective actions when people who are discontented succeed in building a solid membership base?