SOCI 205 Midterm (COHN) Exam with
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"Agrarian Revolution: Social Movements and Export Agriculture in the Underdeveloped
World" - ANSWER-written by Jeffery Paige in 1975
wrote about the theory of rural class conflict between the actions of peasants,
sharecroppers, and agricultural laborers
"Becoming a World Saver: A Theory of Conversion to a Deviant Perspective" -
ANSWER-written by John Lofland and Rodney Stark in 1965
observed conversion in a small, millenarian religious cult area in Bay City (urban city in
the west coast)
found that for conversion a person must experience tensions that create some
disposition to act within a religious problem-solving perspective
"Competitive Spirits: Latin America's New Religious Economy" - ANSWER-written by
Andrew Chestnut in 2003
examined the elements of the success or failure of any religious organization competing
in an unregulated religious economy (Pentecostals success)
"Complex Organizations: A Critical Essay" - ANSWER-written by Charles Perrow in
1979
writes about the importance of bureaucracy and teaching the reader how to appreciate
them by showing what happens when bureaucracies are violated
"Evolutionary Universals in Society" - ANSWER-written by Talcott Pearsons
talks about Parson's theory about why society improves and social progress occurs and
believes systems contain AGIL w/o them the society will die off
"Great American University" - ANSWER-written by Jonathan Cole in 2009
believes knowledge is a source of social and economic advance which requires
students to be trained beyond their education
"Obedience to Authority" - ANSWER-written by Stanley Milgram in 1963
describes the experiment done by Milgram to test obedience. experiment consisted of a
"teacher" giving electric shocks to the "learner" each time the learner got a question
wrong. found that even though the teachers did not want to shock the learners, they
continued to do so because someone was telling them to. the teachers experienced
great deal of stress under this pressure.
