Exam 18: Social Change, Collective Action, and Social Movements

A) This definition implies a single world-system
B) This definition is too neutral and suggests that all points connected are equal and flow between them is equal.
C) This definition assumes globalization as an empirical fact, when really globalization is just a theory.
D) Both a and b, but not c
E) None of the above

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A) The "interrelatedness of countries around the world."
B) The "deterioration of international borders worldwide."
C) The "widening, deepening, and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness."
D) The "local replaced by the global on all fronts."
E) None of the above

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A) The issues: identity, lifestyle, and inequalities
B) The increased number of individuals willing to participate in social movements.
C) The availability of financial resources for social movements
D) The focus of social movements on issues related to gender
E) None of the above

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A) Strain
B) Structural conduciveness
C) Generalized belief
D) Covert organization
E) None of the above

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A) Social change is the 'significant alteration of social structures.'
B) Social change is any transformation driven by the transition from one economic system to another.
C) Social change is a systematic and general transformation of values, norms, and beliefs.
D) Social change is any process that occurs in response to cultural strain.
E) None of the above

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A) The emergence of the capitalist economic system was an element of a wider phenomenon called rationalization.
B) Traditional institutions were replaced by those based on the principles of rational calculation and efficiency.
C) The process was exemplified in two main areas of social life: the market economy and modern bureaucracy.
D) The modern bureaucracy operated on explicit, standardized, and calculable rules.
E) All of the above

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A) Evolutionary social change is political in nature. Revolutionary social change is related to social issues, i.e. worker's rights or civil rights.
B) Evolutionary social change implies a gradual transformation, while revolutionary change implies a sudden transformation, usually involving violent struggle or force.
C) Evolutionary social change refers to transformations related to a biological progression. Revolutionary social change is manmade and self-directed.
D) Both a and b, but not c
E) None of the above

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A) Capitalism is a transient form of society. It emerged out of feudalism and was destined to give way to socialism once it had exhausted all its possibilities.
B) The 'mode of production' is built around the production of commodities. Human labor is commodified and profit is created by exploiting surplus value from workers.
C) Capitalism is based on a division between the capitalists, those who own the 'means of production' and the working-class, those who work for them.
D) Capitalism is a dynamic process that involves technological progress and an increasing scale of production.
E) None of the above

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A) Pre-modern, modern, and postmodern
B) Static, revolutionary, dynamic
C) Agricultural, industrial, and information
D) Agreement, discord, moderation
E) None of the above

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