Exam 21: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements

What accounts for the comparatively high level of unionization in Canada as compared to that in the United States?

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

Why have most sociologists abandoned contagion theory?

In the wake of the World Trade Organization (WTO)protests in Seattle in 1999,WTO Chair Michael Moore angrily denounced protestors' use of social networking to organize such a large group of people from so many countries.Which of the following elements of new social movements were the protestors able to tap into?

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.

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?

Which of the following theories is a variant of functionalism?

In the 1960s,the New Democratic Party (NDP)was able to convince the government of the day to extend full union rights to which of the following groups?

Protesters were able to use modern technology to go global,creating the "Arab Spring" in 2011 and spurring the North American and European "Occupy" movement.Is this the wave of the future for historically excluded groups and categories of people?

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

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

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

In the 1970s,Canada was the least strike-prone country in the world.

When would mechanisms of social control be the most likely to kick in,in a nation,to quell potential civil unrest?

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

The minister of the New Glory Evangelical church is interviewed on a national talk show about same-sex marriage.The minister's position is that some gay rights advocates are really anti-family and are seeking the goal of communism.What is the minister trying to achieve with his interview?

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

Which theory focuses on the gap between expected rewards and received rewards?

In connection with the 1907 Vancouver Riot,what did breakdown theory argue that rapid economic growth produced?

Compare and contrast resource mobilization,political opportunity,and social control theories.What do we learn about social movements from these perspectives?