SOCIOLOGY EXAM 5 FINAL REVIEW
QUESTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
◉ Neo-Marxist Theory
Answer: finds industrialization as always being problematic
- Contradiction: Democracy promotes equality ("all men are
created equal") while capitalism produces inequality.
- This tension creates a risk of revolutionary movements by
workers seeking real democratic equality.
- To prevent revolt, capitalists build a welfare state (e.g., food
stamps, Medicare, student loans).
- Welfare benefits "buy off" the working class, reducing discontent
and stabilizing capitalism.
- Result: Industrialization under capitalism is problematic
because it relies on managing this contradiction through limited
reforms rather than eliminating inequality.
--updates Marxism by explaining that capitalism maintains
inequality not only through economics, but also through culture,
ideology, institutions, and global systems.
◉ State-Centered Theory
Answer: Theda Skocpol(best and leading theorist in sociology);
theory of the full autonomy of the state: gov isn't just serving
interests of capitalist class but has its own independent interests
, --The instrumental theory says the state is a tool ("instrument")
used directly by the ruling economic class—usually capitalists—
to protect their interests.
◉ Social movements
Answer: tries to bring out some change in the world and advance
some cause; to do this a social movement must acquire power
◉ A social movement is recognized as a kind of _____
Answer: party
◉ Why do many social movements form
Answer: failure in politics
◉ When are social movements more likely to occur?
Answer: In times of improvement, not deprivation because people
are demoralized and unmotivated
◉ Absolute deprivation vs Relative deprivation
Answer: Absolute deprivation is a total lack, relative dep is
experienced in comparison to some other group(compared to bill
gates we feel poor)
◉ Resource mobilization theory
QUESTIONS VERIFIED COMPLETE
ANSWERS 100 PERCENT CORRECT
◉ Neo-Marxist Theory
Answer: finds industrialization as always being problematic
- Contradiction: Democracy promotes equality ("all men are
created equal") while capitalism produces inequality.
- This tension creates a risk of revolutionary movements by
workers seeking real democratic equality.
- To prevent revolt, capitalists build a welfare state (e.g., food
stamps, Medicare, student loans).
- Welfare benefits "buy off" the working class, reducing discontent
and stabilizing capitalism.
- Result: Industrialization under capitalism is problematic
because it relies on managing this contradiction through limited
reforms rather than eliminating inequality.
--updates Marxism by explaining that capitalism maintains
inequality not only through economics, but also through culture,
ideology, institutions, and global systems.
◉ State-Centered Theory
Answer: Theda Skocpol(best and leading theorist in sociology);
theory of the full autonomy of the state: gov isn't just serving
interests of capitalist class but has its own independent interests
, --The instrumental theory says the state is a tool ("instrument")
used directly by the ruling economic class—usually capitalists—
to protect their interests.
◉ Social movements
Answer: tries to bring out some change in the world and advance
some cause; to do this a social movement must acquire power
◉ A social movement is recognized as a kind of _____
Answer: party
◉ Why do many social movements form
Answer: failure in politics
◉ When are social movements more likely to occur?
Answer: In times of improvement, not deprivation because people
are demoralized and unmotivated
◉ Absolute deprivation vs Relative deprivation
Answer: Absolute deprivation is a total lack, relative dep is
experienced in comparison to some other group(compared to bill
gates we feel poor)
◉ Resource mobilization theory
