Exam 19: Politics and Social Movements

What is the difference between power and authority?

How can the current rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Muslim countries be explained?

In 2005,Global Call to Action Against Poverty involved some 38 million people in actions to make world leaders live up to their promises to make a breakthrough on poverty.What term best identifies this organization?

ISIL (the Islamic State in the Levant)is a less radical and less violent offshoot of al Qaeda.

Tessa joined a group of women advocating for pay equity legislation and working toward the elimination of workplace gender discrimination.What type of group did Tessa join?

Anneliese worked hard to protest the plans for a new shopping mall about to be built on parkland.She convinced 1,000 people to demonstrate against the proposal and ultimately the mall was built in another location,not on parkland.What had Anneliese successfully created?

What is "normal" politics?

For her term paper,Dominique is required to adopt a structuralist Marxist perspective and discuss the interplay between society and capitalism.Which of the following would be her key premise?

Which statement would power-balance theorists support?

At its inception,the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)consisted of an alliance between two groups.What were the two groups?

What is the ultimate seat of power in Canadian society?

Dasha joined the Gay Pride March in Ottawa.She marched not because she is gay,but because she believes that everyone has rights that must be acknowledged and respected.Which concept is she supporting?

Marek wants to convince his fellow citizens to accept a plan for a proposed new shopping mall,even though it will destroy parkland.Which tool will help Marek meet his goal?

Who would say that the distribution of power in society changes significantly and frequently?

Social movements often used their power to expand the rights of citizens and this expansion of rights has occurred in stages.What was the first stage of this process?

Postmodernist feminists have criticized liberal,social,and radical feminists for their tendency to generalize from the experience of white women.

In February 2012,students in Quebec started a series of protests in response to the then Liberal government's plan to raise tuition fees by $325 a year for five years,which would have brought tuition to $3,800 a year when fully implemented by fall 2016.The Liberals under Premier Jean Charest called an election for September and subsequently lost-in no small part due to the student protests-and the incoming Parti Quebecois government promptly cancelled the tuition hikes.Why has there been so little echo of the Quebec protests among students in the rest of Canada,given that university tuition is higher in all other provinces? Would you participate in a movement to decrease postsecondary tuition fees? Why or why not? Discuss and make connections to information and theories found in this chapter.

The provincial teachers' contract was expiring in two months' time and at union meetings it was proposed that all members be ready to strike if the government did not agree with their new contract demands.A number of teachers argued that this was not the time for excessive demands,given the likelihood of their demands being rejected.Which statement would explain this assertion?

Factory workers were laid off by their company shortly before Christmas,with some wages still owing to them.They held a sit-in at the closed plant until they got what they were entitled to.Which perspective would use this as an example to support its theory?

According to the text,what happens in a society where power is widely distributed?