A. involve the gradual evolution of existing state and class structures into new social arrangements
B. are most likely to occur when political
C. appear to follow no “natural history”
D. often begin with intellectuals withdrawing their support of the existing regime
Related Mcqs:
- The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?
A. new social movement theory
B. collective behavior theory
C. social strain theory
D. resource mobilization theory - A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?
A. slavery
B. Social class
C. caste
D. estates - Among the approaches that seek to explain the causes of social movements which one states that revolutions are most likely to take place when a prolonged period of social and economic betterment is followed by a period of sharp reversal ?
A. the resource mobilization approach
B. the deprivation approaches
C. the capitalist collapse approach
D. none of the above - Learning behavior in a social institution or developing social skills is called________________?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Developmental socialization
D. None of these - Which method of identifying social classes views social class as a statistical category formed by sociologists or statisticians or statisticians on the basis of income occupation education or some combination of these ?
A. the combined approach
B. the reputational method
C. the self-placement method
D. the objective method - In identifying social classes the reputational method is best suited for investigating social distinctions in_____________?
A. large densely populated areas
B. small groups
C. highly transient communities
D. none of the above - Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. psychoanalytic perspective - An attempt to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment is called_____________?
A. Social work
B. Sociology
C. Society
D. None of these - Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?
A. social statics
B. social dynamics
C. social absolutes
D. constructed reality - Which of the following was not identified as one of the four major social bonds in Hirschi’s Social Control theory ?
A. religiosity
B. commitment
C. involvement
D. belief
E. attachment
