Social Movements – Flashcards
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The theory that resources are needed for a social movement to bring about change, regardless of the group's level of deprivation.
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Resource mobilization theory
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One criticism of resource-mobilization theory is that it
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minimizes the importance of deprivation and dissatisfaction.
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Members of reactionary movements are suspicious of and hostile toward social change.
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True
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The Ku Klux Klan is an example of a
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reactionary movement
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Social movements are a recent phenomenon.
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False
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The Internet has made it more difficult for social movements to share their views with the world.
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False
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Which of the following would be NOT a goal of a movement described by the relative deprivation theory?
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Properly utilized resources
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More often than not, social movements die out during the
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agitation phase
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A social movement only promotes social change, it never arises to prevent change.
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False
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Which of these is NOT a stage in the life cycle of social movements?
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Mobilization
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Movement whose goal is to reverse current social trends.
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Reactionary movement (ex: the KKK is a reactionary movement)
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The theory that people join social movements because they feel deprived relative to other people or groups with whom they identify.
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Relative Deprivation theory
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A long term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change.
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Social movement
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In order to explain social movements, sociologists look at
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problems in the social structure.
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What is the main goal of a conservative movement?
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to try to protect what they see as society's prevailing values from change that they consider to be a threat to those values.
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Revisionary movements usually use illegal channels to seek change.
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False
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The resources necessary to generate a social movement include all of the following EXCEPT:
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Access to the media ??????????
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A _____ movement tries to improve a part of society, usually through legal methods.
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revolutionary
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The goal of most social movement is to change society.
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True
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The original goals of a social movement are sometimes swept aside during the
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bureaucratization stage
