MoveOnOrg Was One of the First Groups to Successfully Organize

question 5

Multiple Choice

MoveOn.org was one of the first groups to successfully organize a large number of people around issues like partisan bickering and the power of corporate lobbies in Washington, in large part because it used innovative technology to locate, recruit, and organize supporters. This is exactly what ____________ theory would predict.

• A) mass society
• B) relative deprivation
• C) emergent social movement
• D) resource mobilization
• E) regressive

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Definitions:

Normative

Relating to principles or rules of what is considered right and wrong, often used in economics to express subjective or value-based judgments.

Other Things Equal

A principle in economic models known as ceteris paribus, which means holding all other variables constant to isolate the effect of one variable.

Variables

Elements, factors, or quantities that can change or have different values in a given situation or analysis.

Economic Decisions

The choices made by individuals, households, or organizations regarding the allocation of resources and the distribution of goods and services.