Exam 9: Unconventional and Highly Conflictive Politics: From Protest to Revolution

Protest is sometimes called the 'tool of the ________'.

What are 'political opportunity structures'?

A wave of protests across the Arab world began in Tunisia in December 2010.

Who said that "when (guerrilla warfare) is directed by a leader with a genius of war, an effective (counter-insurgency) campaign becomes well-nigh impossible"?

Democracies never resort to regime violence.

Which among the following is an example of a transnational political protest?

What method did farmers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries use to protest their perceived exclusion from power?

Political revolutions are those that bring fundamental economic, political, and social changes.

Terrorism is a form of political violence used only by non-governmental groups.

Authorities in the American South often refused to act against violent acts committed by the Ku Klux Klan.

What is the difference between a political and a social revolution?

Guerrilla warfare has only existed in the 20th century.

The American Civil Rights Movement aimed at ending ________.

The openings that political institutions and processes offer to or withhold from social movements are known as _____________.

Briefly explain how terrorism differs from other forms of political violence and how it is explained by its perpetrators.

What are three ways in which violence can enter politics?

According to the text, which among the following could be considered a political protest?

Who was the leader of the guerrilla war against US troops in Nicaragua?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a violent Aboriginal Protest in Canada?

The largest global public demonstrations to date were protests against the ________.