Which Theory Would Predict That the Violence Between World Trade

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which theory would predict that the violence between World Trade Organization (WTO) protestors and the WTO officials and riot police would get worse as the protestors became increasingly successful in shutting down the WTO Millennium Round of talks?

• A) solidarity theory
• B) race-aggression theory
• C) crowd contagion theory
• D) strain theory

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