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SMC300H1 Lecture : SMC300 - Networking Activism

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12 Apr 2012

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Week 10 ntwing activism and political 4/9/2012 4:41:00 pm. Groups capable of exerting different kind of force than are individuals, and when that force is turned against existing institution, create different kind of threat. Protests (i. e. leipzig protests leading up to topping of gdr, flash mob inspired protests). Individuals have particular threshold to join protest, key factor is fear of punishment, each successful march = diminished fear and spread awareness. Facilitates effective and rapid group coordination -> enable political action, sns: documentation (permanent) and distribution (rapid and global) of evidence. Sns enables rapid/simple group formation, removes obstacles to collective action, function as ordinary tool can enable unprecedented effects, new widely accessible forms of document, sharing, dist, storing. 3 levels: everyone knows, everyone knows that everyone knows, visible action = everyone knows that everyone knows that . Shirky argue 3rd level necessary for real public action.

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How can the political process differ from the market process?

A) the political process results in collective actions in which everyone is obliged to participate while in the market process individuals are free to participate or not.

B) the political process results in collective actions in which everyone is made better off while the market process results in actions that favor some groups only.

C) the political process results in collective actions that maximize economic surplus while the market process may lead to efficiency losses.

D) the political process results in collective actions in which not everyone is required to participate while in the market process individuals are obliged to participate.

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One important difference between the political process and the market process is that:
a. the political process results in collective actions in which everyone is obliged to participate while in the market process individuals are free to participate or not.
b. the political process results in collective actions in which everyone is made better off while the market process results in actions that favor some groups only.
c. the political process results in collective actions that maximize economic surplus while the market process may lead to efficiency losses.
d. the political process results in collective actions in which not everyone is required to participate while in the market process individuals are obliged to participate.

When an economy relies on specialization:

a-) Trade is established according to the value of the specialized product

b-) Centralized coordination is needed to ensure that everyone obtains the goods they need.

c-) There will be more efficiency in production, but there will be disruptions in the distributions of goods.

d-) Trade enables individuals to obtain the goods in which they do not have a specialization