social movements 90%

The resources necessary to generate a social movement include all of the following EXCEPT: a. a body of supporters. c. financial resources. b. transportation. d. access to the media.

What is the main goal of a conservative movement?

What is meant by the term resource mobilization?

Movement whose goal is to reverse current social trends.

A long term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change.

The theory that people join social movements because they feel deprived relative to other people or groups with whom they identify.

Name the four types of social movements.

In order to explain social movements, sociologists look at a. problems among individuals. c. problems in the social structure. b. voting patterns. d. inequalities of wealth.

Four stages in the life cycle of social movements are Agitation, _______, Bureaucratization, and Institutionalization.

Describe a revisionary movement and provide an example.

A _____ movement tries to improve a part of society, usually through legal methods. a. Reactionary c. Conservative b. Revisionary d. Revolutionary

Which of these is NOT a stage in the life cycle of social movements? a. agitation c. institutionalization b. legitimation d. mobilization

More often than not, social movements die out during the a. legitimation phase. c. agitation phase. b. institutionalization phase. d. bureaucratization phase.

Revisionary movements usually use illegal channels to seek change. t/f?

One criticism of resource-mobilization theory is that it a. minimizes the importance of deprivation and dissatisfaction. b. only applies to revolutionary movements. c. does not apply to movements in industrial societies. d. only applies to college students.

The original goals of a social movement are sometimes swept aside during the a. bureaucratization stage. c. institutionalization stage. b. legitimation stage. d. agitation stage.

The Ku Klux Klan is an example of a a. conservative movement. c. revisionary movement. b. revolutionary movement. d. reactionary movement.

The theory that resources are needed for a social movement to bring about change, regardless of the group's level of deprivation.

A social movement only promotes social change, it never arises to prevent change. t/f?

The Internet has made it more difficult for social movements to share their views with the world. t/f?