Exam 13: Technology, the Environment, and Social Movements

When people engage in collective action, they work in unison to bring about or resist social, political, and economic changes by means of demonstrations, riots, and strikes.

Explain, with examples or with a case history, what is meant by the phrase the social construction of environmental problems.

Which of the following is Thomas Edison credited with inventing?

Which of the following approaches to the study of social movements uses the symbolic interactionist perspective?

Examples of environmental racism are evident in Port Radium, N.W.T. and Sydney, N.S.

Under what circumstances does new technology become a major force in society and history?

Discuss some of the evidence that people can point to to defend the claim that technology has caused harm to humans in 2013.

What does the emergence of the peace, environmental, human rights, gay rights, and women's movements involve?

To date, despite extensive knowledge about environmental problems, relatively few Canadians are willing to make the sacrifices that are required to adequately address the extent of environmental degradation that human activity has already caused.

The anti-nuclear movement is an example of a movement that forced changes in corporate and government policies. What is demonstrated by the success of this movement?

Which of the following might be seen as a variant of functionalism?

Just prior to a strike by union employees on a university campus, union members spend a lot of money on pamphlets stating why students have the same interests as the soon-to-be-striking employees, and why they should support them. What do the union's actions illustrate?

Explain why multinational corporations locate the most environmentally punishing industrial activities in developing nations rather than in developed nations.

Frame alignment is the process by which the status quo leaders discount dissenting opinion and reframe it to match prevailing social beliefs and values.

Besides ingenuity, what is required to turn scientific principles into technological innovations?

According to the text, before any drastic interventions will be adopted or accepted, which of the following must the entire developed world do?

Canada is a risk society. Describe characteristics of Canada's relationship with technology and the environment that confirm this statement.

What term was coined by German sociologist Ulrich Beck to describe societies in which technology distributes danger among all categories of people, though unevenly?

Which of the following characterizes a risk society?

Robert Brym's efforts to initiate protest among his fellow students over air pollution by a paper mill did not succeed. According to frame alignment theory, which of the following best explains his failure to convince his classmates to join his social movement?