Exam 19: Politics and Social Movements

Official voter turnout for the May 2011 federal election was 61.1 percent,which is comparable to turnout seen in other elections since 2000.For voters aged 18-24 the turnout was 38.8 percent.Why do younger people tend not to participate in the electoral process? If you were hired by Elections Canada to address this situation,what ideas would you propose? Explain how they would increase voter turnout for the 18-24 age category.

What types of social movements are found in rich countries? What types in poor countries? What do they have in common,and how are they different? How could al Qaeda be considered a social movement?

According to the text,to what stage have newer social movements been able to carry the struggle for citizenship rights in Canada?

According to the frame alignment typology,what happens to individual interests,beliefs,and values in social movements?

Who is credited with initiating the Occupy Wall Street movement?

What is the term for collective attempts to change all or part of the social order?

Which type of theorist would contend that democracy is guaranteed when no sole/single group of people is able to control politics?

How does the text define authority?

What is the difference between the state and civil society? Give at least three examples of each.

Which theory holds that social movements can emerge only when disadvantaged people can marshal the means necessary to challenge authority?

According to public policy analysts,what needs to be done in order to increase female political participation?

In Australia and Belgium,citizens are legally required to vote in elections and may face fines,mandated community service,or other sanctions if they fail to do so.Should Canada implement a mandatory voting law? Why or why not?

Which statement summarizes a belief of elite theorists?

A respected economist claims that the U.S.financial bailout of 2008 was endorsed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson,a former CEO of Goldman Sachs,and that he acted only in the interests of big business.Which theoretical perspective would support this assessment?

Toulin maintains the belief that Canada is a heterogeneous society comprising a number of centres of power and many competing interests.Which position has she adopted?

Dariya was arrested when she was found spray-painting protest messages on the walls of a new factory that was approved by the local government.Which branch of government will decide how to deal with Dariya's actions?

In Canada,approximately what percentage of nonagricultural workers is unionized?

Do you believe that Canada will be a more democratic society 25 years from now? Discuss your position,incorporating concepts and theories addressed in this chapter.

How have social movements in "the other 85 percent" of the world developed differently from those in industrialized countries?

Salim has a television show on local cable that tells people about injustices in their neighbourhoods.What aspect of society would this media outlet for injustice be part of?