Exam 21: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements

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

A group of single mothers protest cuts to welfare benefits. According to the textbook,what most likely have sparked this action?

Nellie McClung held political office in Alberta from 1921 to 1926.What was her success a part of?

What leads the authors of the textbook to conclude that social movements are long-term attempts to correct perceived injustices that require a sound social-organizational basis?

What was the 1907 Vancouver Riot an example of?

The authors of the textbook relate a story about an attempt to get New Brunswick high school students motivated to protest against a local pulp mill.What does the story illustrate a lack of?

Over the past 35 years,union growth in Canada has exceeded that of the Unites States.Why has this occurred?

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.Which theory best explains the minister's actions?

The KONY 2012 movement gained an enormous following of supporters very quickly online.According to the textbook,what could account for the rapid growth of support?

What is frame alignment? How does the theory of frame alignment add to resource mobilization theory?

In 2005,gay rights activists celebrated the passage of Bill C-20,allowing same-sex marriage in Canada.What are these activists part of?

In Vancouver,during the 2011 Stanley Cup riot,otherwise ordinary citizens began vandalizing cars and buildings in downtown Vancouver.Which theorist would argue that this behaviour could be expected?

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

The idea that a crowd can create a sense of invincibility in a person that allows her or him to yield to basic instincts he or she would normally not give in to is the central tenet of which of the following theories?

What is the women's movement in Canada an example of?

Two hundred union workers at a college are able to exert considerable pressure on their employer because their union local is part of a national union of 500 000 workers.Why was the small union able to exert such pressure?

What are social movements?

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

What are people are engaged in when they act together to create or resist social,political,or economic changes?