Howard Zinn's Speech Summary
Chapter 14: You Tube: Howard Zinn on Democracy and Civil Disobedience and Matt Damon from Howard Zinn's speech: The Problem is Civil Obedience
1. Using structural functionalism explain how civil disobedience is functional. Give examples and explain how they illustrate the functionalist approach. Civil disobedience from a functionalist perspective allows individuals to protest in a peaceful way to demand changes in social norms, government structures and national policy. It serves to allow citizens to voice their concerns. The opposite of civil disobedience would be an armed conflict which would be definitely detrimental to the stability of a society. The Civil Rights movement is a great indicator of a movement from a functionalist
serves as means to improve society. Civil disobedience from organizations throughout the south eventually led to many people who were once denied rights now being granted rights.
2. What is a democracy? How is civil obedience dysfunctional in a democratic society? Give examples. How is civil disobedience functional in a democratic society? Give examples and explain them focusing on a functionalist analysis of democracy. Democracy is a form of government in which the right to govern or sovereignty is held by the majority of citizens within a country or a state. Dysfunction is defined as actions that undermine the stability or equilibrium of a society. During the civil rights movements, many institutions were segregated and well entrenched as separate intuitions. Thru civil disobedience these structures were challenged to change. Instability within these institutions was created by the dysfunction of civil disobedience. Functionalists would argue that civil disobedience serves a purpose which allows members of a society to voice their concerns and make demand for changes.
3. How does a conflict theorist explain civil obedience? How does a conflict theorist explain n civil disobedience? Give examples and explain how they fit with the conflict analysis. Conflict theorist believe that society is composed of groups each acting to meet its own self-interest for survival. Conflict theorist believe people in power have the ability to manipulate institutions that will favor them and not those whom they deemed to be oppressed. Conflict theorist would explain civil disobedience as a necessary action to promote the less dominant group position. The e occupy wall street movement was a demonstration is which young educated people were placing demands on the financial institutions to open up capital and opportunities. The Occupy Wall Street main issue was that the power structure of this country is continuing to amount mass amounts of wealth but denying others the same access.
1. Using structural functionalism explain how civil disobedience is functional. Give examples and explain how they illustrate the functionalist approach. Civil disobedience from a functionalist perspective allows individuals to protest in a peaceful way to demand changes in social norms, government structures and national policy. It serves to allow citizens to voice their concerns. The opposite of civil disobedience would be an armed conflict which would be definitely detrimental to the stability of a society. The Civil Rights movement is a great indicator of a movement from a functionalist
serves as means to improve society. Civil disobedience from organizations throughout the south eventually led to many people who were once denied rights now being granted rights.
2. What is a democracy? How is civil obedience dysfunctional in a democratic society? Give examples. How is civil disobedience functional in a democratic society? Give examples and explain them focusing on a functionalist analysis of democracy. Democracy is a form of government in which the right to govern or sovereignty is held by the majority of citizens within a country or a state. Dysfunction is defined as actions that undermine the stability or equilibrium of a society. During the civil rights movements, many institutions were segregated and well entrenched as separate intuitions. Thru civil disobedience these structures were challenged to change. Instability within these institutions was created by the dysfunction of civil disobedience. Functionalists would argue that civil disobedience serves a purpose which allows members of a society to voice their concerns and make demand for changes.
3. How does a conflict theorist explain civil obedience? How does a conflict theorist explain n civil disobedience? Give examples and explain how they fit with the conflict analysis. Conflict theorist believe that society is composed of groups each acting to meet its own self-interest for survival. Conflict theorist believe people in power have the ability to manipulate institutions that will favor them and not those whom they deemed to be oppressed. Conflict theorist would explain civil disobedience as a necessary action to promote the less dominant group position. The e occupy wall street movement was a demonstration is which young educated people were placing demands on the financial institutions to open up capital and opportunities. The Occupy Wall Street main issue was that the power structure of this country is continuing to amount mass amounts of wealth but denying others the same access.