Deck 21: War and Violence

Question 1

The sociology of violence has traditionally focused on:

A) Genocide
B) War
C) Criminal and interpersonal violence
D) Revolutions

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following forms of violence have deceased in most Western states since the 13th century?

A) Inter-state wars
B) Interpersonal violence
C) State-organised massacres
D) Mass repression

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What term describes how violence is built into systems of inequality?

A) Structural violence
B) Inequality violence
C) Foundational violence
D) Inherent violence

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which theorist argues that violence is the means for dominated groups to emancipate themselves?

A) Pierre Bourdieu
B) Max Weber
C) Michael Mann
D) Karl Marx

Question 5

Which framework argues that violence highlights societal problems and encourages societies to address them?

A) Feminism
B) Functionalism
C) Symbolic interactionalism
D) Marxism

Question 6

Which theorist argues that states alone hold the legitimate use of physical force, creating a relatively pacified society?

A) Pierre Bourdieu
B) Karl Marx
C) Michael Mann
D) Max Weber

Question 7

What form of non-physical violence results in individuals willingly acting in ways that go against their own interests?

A) Coercion violence
B) Structural violence
C) Symbolic violence
D) Self-sabotaging violence

Question 8

Which debates explore whether violence is caused by the characteristics and dispositions of humans or social institutions?

A) Nature or nurture
B) Internal or external
C) Genetic or development
D) Biology or upbringing

Question 9

Which theorist coined the term despotic power?

A) Karl Marx
B) Pierre Bourdieu
C) Michael Mann
D) Max Weber

Question 10

When did sociologists start paying greater attention to war as an object of study?

A) 1930s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s