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Part I.

(Disruptive Power and Disruption) and ONE of the other four concepts. Provide a brief example that elaborates the concept. Examples must come from the readings or class discussions.

1. Disruptive Power and Disruption (Piven)

2. The Mass Strike (Luxemburg and Lerner)

3. Fields of argument (Barker)

4. Structure of Political Opportunities (McAdam)

5. Broken Windows Policing (Vitale)

Part II.

Doug McAdam quotes the political scientist E.E. Schattschneider who famously wrote that "All forms of political organization have a bias in favor of the exploitation of some kinds of conflict and the suppression of others because organization is the mobilization of bias. Some issues are organized into politics and others are organized out."

Using McAdam's concept of the "Structure of Political Opportunities" and his case study of the civil rights movement, explain how the issue of black rights, in the two periods he covers in chapter 5, were organized out of the U.S. political system and then subsequently organized back in.

Part III.

The role of the police, as an institution, in society, including their relationships with social movements, is a central issue in contemporary American life. Are they a neutral force who defend and protect the interests of the entire society? What is Alex Vitale's thesis with regard to this question and provide and elaborate on at least five pieces of evidence-concrete historical examples from chapters 2 and 10, and at least one from either chapter 3 or 9-he uses to back up his claim.