Exam 1 Theorists and Theories

Question 1

Doug McAdam

Answer 1

Political opportunities/ political process theory

Question 2

Snow et al.

Answer 2

Framing

Question 3

Ted Gurr

Answer 3

Classical movement theory; relative deprivation; expectations vs. reality

Question 4

Neil Smelser

Answer 4

Classical movement theory; collective behavior; strain, generalized belief

Question 5

Herbert Blumer

Answer 5

Classical movement theory; Collective behavior; symbolic interactionism

Question 6

V.I. Lenin

Answer 6

Modern social thought; Marxist; vanguard of the proletariat

Question 7

Antonio Gramsci

Answer 7

Modern social thought; Marxist; organic intellectuals

Question 8

Gustave Le Bon

Answer 8

Modern social thought; Non-Marxist; madness of crowds, irrationality

Question 9

William Kornhauser

Answer 9

Classical movement theory; mass society; isolation, anomie

Question 10

John McCarthy and Mayer Zald

Answer 10

Resource mobilization

Question 11

Karl Marx

Answer 11

Modern social thought; Marxist; exploitation and grievances

Question 12

James Davies

Answer 12

Classical movement theory; relative deprivation; expectations vs. reality

Question 13

Alexis de Tocqueville

Answer 13

Modern social thought; Non-Marxist; relative deprivation

Question 14

Turner and Kilian

Answer 14

Classical movement theory; collective behavior; emergent norms