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bb · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Why is mobilization important for collective violence to occur?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A viable option for reducing the proliferation of weapons would be to ________.

a. remove restrictions on the trade of technical knowledge necessary to produce weapons
b. impose substantial international sanctions against nations violating existing nonproliferation treaties
c. discourage the development of regional agreements that prohibit the development of effective delivery systems
d. encourage open debate about the development of nuclear weapons and take focus away from the costs of development

janeli1 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Collective violence is not likely to occur without mobilization: social mechanisms for bringing the affected people into coordinated and organized activity. Depending on the context, leaders have to emerge, money must be collected, and ways of exercising power must be discovered. Organization, administration, procedures, and strategies must also evolve. If the essential mix of resources is not mobilized, collective violence or war will not occur, even when the predisposing factors are substantial and the deprivation is severe.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b