Chapter 10

Question 1

Define: Political Conflict

Answer 1

A state of opposition usually involving groups and the state, over something government is doing or proposes to do

Question 2

Define: Political Protest

Answer 2

Oppositional political action that takes place outside formal channels, generally seeking to have government make significant changes in its policies

Question 3

Define: Civil Disobedience

Answer 3

Deliberate lawbreaking that accepts punishment by state authorities as part of the action

Question 4

Define: Guerrilla Warfare

Answer 4

A form of highly political warfare build around lightly armed irregulars who oppose a government and use hit-and-run tactics and political work to take power

Question 5

Define: Insurgency

Answer 5

A rebellion or revolt, especially one employing the tools of guerrilla warfare

Question 6

Define: Revolution

Answer 6

The use of violence to overthrow a government, especially when the overthrow is followed by rapid, thoroughgoing social, economic and political restructuring

Question 7

Define: Terrorism

Answer 7

The deliberate use of violence designed to induce fear in a population in order to achieve a political objective

Question 8

What are some examples of direct action protests?

Answer 8

Unofficial strikes
Illegal demonstrations
Peaceful occupations
Civil Disobedience

Question 9

What are some examples of Moderate Protest

Answer 9

Petitions
Legal Demonstrations
Boycotts

Question 10

Define: Contentious Politics

Answer 10

The usually disruptive, direct, and highly conflictive ways that people advance their claims on elites, authorities, and opponents, raging from peaceful protest to wars and other lethal conflicts

Question 11

Define: Marginalization

Answer 11

Exclusion from the mainstream

Question 12

Define: Segregation

Answer 12

The legal separation of blacks and whites particularly in the southern United States

Question 13

Define: Political Opportunity Structures (POS)

Answer 13

The openings that political institutions and processes offer to or withhold from movements

Question 14

What is an example of Political opportunity structures?

Answer 14

The farmers movement in Canada was able to build political parties and win power because our electoral system and system of parliamentary government as well as the fact that farmers formed a majority of voters in several provinces, made this a workable option

Question 15

Define: Secessionist

Answer 15

A person who favours separation of a territory from an existing state.

Question 16

Define: Political Violence

Answer 16

The use of physical force with a political objective

Question 17

What are some ways that violence can enter politics?

Answer 17

1. Violence can be a tactic chosen by an organization, be it a protest movement or a guerrilla army, to advance its aims.
2. Governments can also use violence against their civilians
3. Violence can be an unplanned and undesired side effect of an otherwise peaceful political action.

Question 18

Define: Regime Violence

Answer 18

Political violence used by a government against its citizens, generally as a way to repress dissent and keep order.

Question 19

Define: Disappearance

Answer 19

The kidnapping by security forces of an individual who is never heard from again

Question 20

Define: Counter- Insurgency

Answer 20

A blend of military and political action taken by a government to defeat an insurgency. The tactics are usually described as a mixture of repression and reform.

Question 21

Define: Suicide Terrorism

Answer 21

A form of terrorist violence in which the attackers object to kill her-or himself as well as the target

Question 22

Define: Social Revolution

Answer 22

A Revolution that changes not just who governs but also how a state is organized and how its society and economy are structured.