Exam 18: Human Agency: Individuals and Groups in Society Changing Social Structures

Essentially, the third stage of a social movement is the charismatic stage.

While civil rights battles have been won, equality has not been achieved, as evidenced in residential and school segregation, lower incomes, and higher poverty rates for blacks.

A set of ideals that explains reality, provides guidelines for behavior, and expresses the interest of a group is referred to as a doctrine.

Resistance movements are fostered by progressive leaders with a vision of the future.

The Supreme Court ruling ________ was a setback for women's equality in sports.

When the grievances of the aggrieved group become focused, the movement has entered the second stage.

Society's structural arrangements are not inevitable; human beings are agents of change if they choose to be.

In the third stage of a social movement

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 that outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex was resisted vigorously by the male establishment.

The contemporary political situation in Eastern Europe illustrates the revolutionary social movement.

Discuss why the equality of women in sports is still a goal and not a reality.

Institutionalization refers to the accomplishment of the goals of the social movement.

The 1896 Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson reaffirmed "Jim Crow" laws.

People do not create nor can they change society.

Since Title IX was enacted, there has been an increase in the number of women's teams, but a decrease in the proportion of women's teams with women in leadership positions (coach, administrator) at both the high school and college levels.

The 1896 Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson reaffirmed

A ________ is a collective attempt to promote or resist change that arises when people are sufficiently discontented that they will work for a better system.

A social movement is an enduring ________ with leaders, a division of labor, an ideology, a blueprint for collective action, and a set of roles and norms for members.

Identify and describe the stages in the life course of a social movement.

In Peter Berger's statement that the structures of society become the structures of our consciousness, he is presenting a deterministic point of view.