Social Movements MCQ

As societies become more complex, __________ even as these societies become more progressive.

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Correct Answer: Formal means of control have expanded

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Social movement organizations that operate in more than one nation-state are known as __________ social movement organization

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Correct Answer: Transnational

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Strain theory is an approach to social movements that sees them as _______ in response to some form of societal strain.

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Correct Answer: Developing

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Social reform refers to efforts to create less just social institutions.

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Correct Answer: False

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Social movement service organization is a type of social agency that has the explicit goal of

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Correct Answer: Social change

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Social movement organisations are ________ organizations through which social movement activities are coordinated.

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Correct Answer: Formal

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Settlement house movement is a social movement, brought to the United States from England in the late

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Correct Answer: 1800s

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Resource mobilization theory is a social movement theory in the mobilizing structures perspective that focuses on the role of formal organizations in the development and maintenance of

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Correct Answer: Social movements

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Reactive social movement is a social movement with the goal of defending

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Correct Answer: Both

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Professional social movement organization are organiza-tions staffed by leaders and activists who make a career out of reform causes.

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Correct Answer: True

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A social movement with the goal of changing traditional social arrangements is termed as

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Correct Answer: Proactive social movement

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Network model focuses on the role of _________ settings in the development and maintenance of social movements.

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Correct Answer: Grassroot

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____________ are existing informal networks and formal organizations that serve as the collective building blocks for social movements.

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Correct Answer: Mobilising structure

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Framing contests are competitions among factions of a community

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Correct Answer: False

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___________ is an approach to social movements asserting that they can be successful only when participants develop shared understandings and def-initions of some situation

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Correct Answer: Cultural framing perspective elites

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Cultural framing is a __________ effort by a group of peo-ple to develop shared understandings of the world and themselves.

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Correct Answer: Conscious

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According to conscience constituency people are attracted to a social move-ment because

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Correct Answer: It appears just

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COS movement was brought to the United States from _______ in the late 1800s

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Correct Answer: England

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Proactive social movements seek to defend traditional values and social arrangements.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which type of social strain best characterizes the Harvard living wage campaign?

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Correct Answer: Social inequality

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Richard Flacks asserts there are similar explanations for the participation of leaders, organizers, and mass participants.

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Correct Answer: False

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Conscience constituency refers to people who ______.

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Correct Answer: Become involved in a movement because they believe it is just and worthy

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Some social movement researchers argue that we, as a society, are entering an era of “movement societies” in which challenge and disruption of institution arrangements will become a routine part of life.

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Correct Answer: True

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Reactive social movements seek to try out new ways of operating and living together.

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Correct Answer: False

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When social movements lose their sense of mission and begin to direct their activities inward to serve members rather than promote social change, this phenomenon is referred to as ______.

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Correct Answer: Encapsulation

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According to the political opportunities perspective, social movements are processed out of existence when ______.

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Correct Answer: The political system is easily influenced

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Social movements involve people working together to bring about a desired change NOT only for themselves but for a large group of people.

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Correct Answer: True

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In the Harvard living wage campaign, the movement’s success in gaining support from powerful people in the community is an example of which dimension introduced by PO theorists?

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Correct Answer: Availability of elite allies

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Splits between radical and moderate members of a particular movement are common, and serve as an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Framing contests

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Successful social movements tap into existing networks and associations that have a shared culture, a strong sense of solidarity, and a common identity.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following is an example of a reactive social movement?

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Correct Answer: The Christian fundamentalist movement

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Deborah Gould argues that social movement researchers should take another look at the role of emotion in motivating people to participate in social movement activities because social movements are passionate political processes.

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Correct Answer: True

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An example given in your text of a social movement that has become factionalized in recent years is ______.

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Correct Answer: The LGBTQ rights movement

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Social movement theorists who are interested in how social movements develop shared understandings and definitions of the situation would be categorized as having adopted the ______ of social movements.

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Correct Answer: Cultural framing perspective

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According to the mobilizing structure perspective, social movements' tendency to become more organized and less spontaneous has often doomed them because they ______.

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Correct Answer: Abandon the oppositional tactics that brought early success and fail to seize opportunity

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