Question 1

In the 1970s, the United States was the most strike-prone country in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following groups is most likely to call a strike?

Accepted Answer

A)  a union during an economic recession 
B)  a union during an economic depression 
C)  a union in a strong economy 
D)  a non-union in a strong economy

Question 3

What were the introductions of the Canada Assistance Plan and Employment Insurance in Canada part of?

Accepted Answer

A)  political citizenship 
B)  civil citizenship 
C)  social citizenship 
D)  universal citizenship

Question 4

The Faculty Association at a Canadian university bargains with the university administration for higher wages and increased pensions. What is the Faculty Association engaged in?

Accepted Answer

A)  routine collective action 
B)  general collective action 
C)  democratic collective action 
D)  membership action

Question 5

According to resource mobilization theory, which of the following nations would be most prone to strikes?

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States, which has 12 percent of its workers unionized 
B)  Canada, which has 30 percent of its workers unionized 
C)  Great Britain, which has 50 percent of its workers unionized 
D)  Sweden, which has 90 percent of its workers unionized

Question 6

What is "new" about new social movements?

Accepted Answer

A)  the narrow focus of their goals 
B)  their highly localized nature 
C)  their global potential 
D)  their proneness to violence

Question 7

The minister of the New Glory Evangelical church is interviewed on a national talk show about same-sex marriage. The minister's position is that some gay rights advocates are really anti-family and are seeking the goal of communism. Which theory best explains the minister's actions?

Accepted Answer

A)  frame alignment theory 
B)  solidarity theory 
C)  resource mobilization 
D)  breakdown theory

Question 8

At the Quebec City Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) protest in 2001, the government created a temporary by-law stating that no one in the vicinity of the trade talks could wear a hooded sweatshirt or a bandana or carry a gas mask. What was the government engaging in?

Accepted Answer

A)  strain enforcement 
B)  military repression 
C)  resource mobilization 
D)  social control

Question 9

Led by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), a group of homeless people occupies an abandoned building in the Four Corners area of Toronto. According to the textbook, what most likely sparked this action?

Accepted Answer

A)  deprivation 
B)  breakdown 
C)  anarchy 
D)  anomie

Question 10

Explain how frame alignment differs from resource mobilization and political opportunity theories.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

In the 1970s, Canada was the least strike-prone country in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Was the Vancouver riot of 1907 a social movement? Why or why not?

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Question 13

Having a doctoral degree, a job as a professor, and a large savings account are all examples of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  social goods 
B)  social inducements 
C)  social goals 
D)  social rewards

Question 14

According to the textbook, which of the following people is most likely to join a social movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  a social worker working at a not-for-profit agency trying to establish subsidized housing for people with HIV/AIDS 
B)  a local businessperson concerned about the number of homeless people congregating in front of his business daily 
C)  a government clerk who believes she is being discriminated against by others at work 
D)  an airline baggage handler who is concerned about worker safety

Question 15

Which of the following derailed the textbook author's efforts to initiate a protest about pulp mill pollution among students in a New Brunswick high school?

Accepted Answer

A)  resource immobilization 
B)  elite authority 
C)  elite social control tactics 
D)  frame alignment problems

Question 16

Over the past 35 years, union growth in Canada has exceeded that of the United States. Why has this occurred?

Accepted Answer

A)  because industrialization is lower in Canada 
B)  because government surveillance is lower in Canada 
C)  because strike activity is discouraged more in Canada 
D)  because solidarity between political elites is lower in Canada

Question 17

Which theory focuses on the gap between expected rewards and received rewards?

Accepted Answer

A)  social solidarity theory 
B)  strain theory 
C)  resource mobilization theory 
D)  relative deprivation theory

Question 18

What do you think the labour movement or the women's movement will look like in 2050? Why do you hold these opinions?

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Question 19

What leads the authors of the textbook to conclude that social movements are long-term attempts to correct perceived injustices that require a sound social-organizational basis?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

What is the term for the right to free speech, freedom of religion, and justice before the law?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural engagement 
B)  political participation 
C)  social action 
D)  civil citizenship

Exam 21: Collective Action and Social Movements