Exam 21: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements

Based on research by Charles Tilly and his colleagues,why did group violence increase in France when national elections were held?

What are the main lessons of solidarity theory?

How did the B.C.Forest Alliance try to disalign the way its opponents framed the issues?

What is the right to a basic and minimum standard of living in Canada part of?

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

Why do people sometimes feel it is necessary to create a social movement?

Which theory of group action suggests that discontent is sometimes expressed collectively and in uncustomary ways?

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?

When evaluating breakdown theory,what do critics conclude may be viewed as "necessary but not sufficient" for non-routine collective action to take place?

A fourth stage in the history of social movements involves the promotion of the extension of citizenship rights to all adult members of society and to society as a whole.

The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 revealed that violence,especially the most extreme forms of violence,is most often initiated by movement partisans,not authorities.

What do sociologists call Gustave Le Bon's argument?

What type of action is an annual Peace Walk?

What is "new" about new social movements?

What do we call unified group action that is non-violent and that follows established patterns of behaviour in bureaucratic social structures?

Which of the following groups is most likely to call a strike?

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?

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

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

At the Quebec City Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)protest in 2001,the government created a temporary by-law stating that no one in the vicinity of the trade talks could wear a hooded sweatshirt or carry a gas mask or a bandana.What was the government engaging in?