Exam 14: The Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society

Compare and contrast reform and revolutionary social movements.Discuss examples of each in order to illustrate the differences among these types of social movements.In contemporary Western societies,which type of movement (reform or revolutionary)is more common?

For sociologists,the term ideology always carries a negative connotation because it refers exclusively to false beliefs and ideas.

Which of the following terms best describes the United States and other technologically advanced nations?

Societies with economies based on information,knowledge,and service industries rather than agriculture or manufacturing,are known as

The national Center for Education Statistics reports that each academic year,roughly ___% of high school students are suspended.

Which term refers to the processes by which culture spreads from one group or society to another?

According to the textbook,what is the definition of ideology?

Social change is faster in developing societies than postindustrial societies.

What is one reason the antiabortion movement has lasted so long?

Identify a technological innovation from the last 100 years.What was its intended purpose? What were or are some of its unintended consequences?

What roles do social networks and organizations play in the development of a social movement?

The first social movement to be covered on television was the feminist movement of the 1970s.

Which of the following affects a social movement's chances for success?

According to Durkheim,anomie strengthens social ties.

What happens to social movements as they become more and more organized? Discuss the positive and negative effects of bureaucratization on social movements.

A reform movement is a type of social movement that seeks to overthrow one social system and replace it with another.

Western corporations set up factories in a very poor community.At first,the people were happy to have these jobs,even though the wages were low and the work was dangerous.After a few years,workers became dissatisfied,despite the fact that they were slightly better off than they had been prior to the arrival of the factories.Now,the workers are organizing and have plans to demand safer working conditions and better wages.This is an example of the role of ________ in social movements.

Émile Durkheim used which term for the social phenomenon wherein rapid change produces a situation where old norms no longer apply and new norms have yet to be established?

The accelerated pace of social change in developed societies has NOT changed the ways sociologists think about and study social institutions.

Over the past several years,access to antiretrovirals has expanded in developing countries with high rates of HIV infection.What brought about this change in access?