Exam 7: Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Political Violence, and Revolution

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.Which of the following enhance the political opportunities social movements have?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.When groups make claims that conflict with others' interests, there is potential for

The Occupy movement was inspired partly by the Arab Spring.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.Scholars using the contentious politics framework have claimed that which of the following causes can be important to producing a revolution?

Can the American Revolution really be considered a revolution? Why or why not? (Be sure to provide evidence supporting your argument.)

Provide a definition of "relative deprivation," using a real-life example to illustrate your point.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.Which of the following led to the rise of social movements in the 1950s and 1960s in much of the Western world?

Explain how the quality of democratic representation affects the importance of NGOs.

The extent to which a regime is open to influence from social movements and other extra-institutional groups is known as

Many groups that engage in terrorism began using other means to address their grievances.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.Which of the following are factors that allow political leaders to mobilize support based on group identity?

Which repertoires of political action a group chooses and which are more likely to be successful depend very much on context.

A social revolution is the transformation of an existing regime, instigated and primarily carried out by a social movement or armed group.

Values favoring greater individual freedom and equality of opportunity are known as

Collier and Hoefller (2004) claim that ethnicity has little to do with violent conflict, while Cederman et al.(2013) argue that ethnically based political exclusion and inequality does produce conflict.Which side do you believe is correct? Provide evidence from case studies to bolster your argument.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.Which of the following can be considered strategic actions of a social movement?

How were the origins of the Chinese and Iranian revolutions similar? What important differences existed?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.Which theory helps political scientists explain why revolutions occur?

A fundamental transformation of an existing regime that is instigated and primarily carried out by a social movement or armed group is known as a(n)

Civil wars are defined as any conflict between two or more groups.