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The majority of households in the United States now have personal computers.This trend has been encouraged by the federal government for many reasons,including increased productivity,better education,and a better-informed public.At the same time,there has been an increase in acute injuries related to computers or computer tools.This is an example of:

A) the way individuals can change the world.
B) a fad, or a temporary trend.
C) the unintended consequences of social change.
D) the rapid pace of change.

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In what way has Bhutan resisted the forces of globalization?

A) Shopping is only allowed between 9:00a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
B) The country has no electricity.
C) Internet merchants are banned.
D) In the capital city, there are no chain stores.

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In late 2010,Mohamed Bouazizi,a young Tunisian street vendor,set himself on fire and died in an act of defiance and desperation after local authorities confiscated his stall and publicly humiliated him.At the time,Bouazizi's situation struck a chord with other young Tunisians suffering from autocratic rule,a poor economic situation,and a lack of opportunity.In early 2011,Bouazizi's plight received wider attention when a video of him went viral on facebook,YouTube,and other social networking sites.Soon,millions of people around the world began to notice and get involved.This spawned a social movement for democracy in Tunisia,Egypt,and eventually the Arab world,ending with the ousting of several dictatorships.How do Mauss's social movement stages help us understand the development of this social movement?

What are the two classes of social dilemmas?

A company that dumps toxic waste in a river to keep costs down will likely never get caught by environmental regulators.According to Garrett Harden,we can best understand the costs of this action in terms of a:

for many years there have been efforts to organize teaching assistants on college campuses and form a union.Often these efforts fail because of practical reasons: there are limited volunteers,leaders graduate and leave,and the organizers have limited money for supplies.What theory would be interested in these reasons?

A major achievement of social movements geared toward increasing employment equality for minorities and women has been the widespread adoption of equal employment officers in many large organizations.When they got to this stage,the social movements could be said to have:

Many have noticed that the U.S.economy seems increasingly focused on producing and managing information,rather than on making things.What term or concept could describe this shift?

You are walking across campus and see a large group of students gathered outside the student union listening to someone talk.You stop and try to listen,but you cannot get close enough.You ask another member of the crowd what is happening,and you are told that someone was proselytizing and that some students gathered to listen while others argued.What does this tell you about crowds?

Compare and contrast the way Marshall McLuhan ("the global village")thought about social change with the ideas of Garret Hardin ("the tragedy of the commons").

According to Armand Mauss,what happens in the "incipient" stage of a social movement?

Sometimes the motivations for large protests organized by college activists are criticized.Highly organized and attended protests in Washington,D.C.,are seen as "spring break" for activists,who take part more for an escape and to belong to something than for anything else.What theory would support this critique?

What theoretical perspective argues that technology plays a defining role in shaping society?

The Information Revolution is transforming Western society from:

According to a study published in Conservation Letters,a research team led by biologist Brian MacKenzie ran computer models of the population dynamics of the bluefin tuna that suggest that,even if fishing were banned immediately,the population of bluefin in the Atlantic and Mediterranean oceans will most likely collapse.This is a serious issue for sushi lovers everywhere,and some sociologists call it:

What is one reason the poor might participate less in social movements compared to college students with adequate financial support?

Is the Occupy Wall Street movement a regressive or progressive social movement? Why?

Until it was canceled due to safety concerns in 2009,thousands of UCLA students used to gather several times a year for an "undie run" as a way of relieving stress during finals.What is this an example of?

fads often result in lasting social change.

Not all social movements challenge the norms or values of the dominant culture.