What theory of social movement development currently dominates academic though ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Sociology is introduced as an academic discipline by______________?

   A. Ibn-e-Khaldun
   B. Auguste Comte
   C. George Simmel
   D. Herber Spencer

3. 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

4. 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

5. Central to the concept of social movement is the idea that _____________?

   A. social movements appear only in times of controlled slow social change
   B. social movements occur inside the institutional framework of everyday life
   C. people intervene in the process of social change
   D. people do not readily undertake joint activity

6. _____________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent ?

   A. Bureaucratization
   B. Decline
   C. Coalescence
   D. Incipience
   E. Arousal

7. Ritzer presented a theory that the different components of social life work together to influence society and behavior This theory is called_______________?

   A. Integration theory
   B. Cohesion theory
   C. Role theory
   D. None of these

8. What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives ?

   A. open mobility
   B. lateral mobility
   C. intragenerational mobility
   D. intergenerational mobility

9. Karl Marx held that a social movement the revolt of the proletariat would help workers overcome feelings of____________?

   A. class consciousness
   B. false consciousness
   C. socialist consciousness
   D. surplus value

10. Karl Marx held that a social movement-the revolt of the proletariat -would help workers overcome feelings of_______________?

    A. class consciousness
    B. false consciousness
    C. socialist consciousness
    D. surplus value