As a result of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, terms such as "underdevelopment" have largely been dropped in favor of measurements such as sustainable development, and economies are now classified by their:
a. material well-being
b. levels of economic development.
c. levels of income or their ranking on the Human Development Index.
d. standard of living.
c
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In Nazi Germany, the practice of eugenics was tried on
a. Jews. b. gypsies. c. the feebleminded. d. all of the above
An organized effort to encourage or discourage social change is called a
a. social movement. b. sociological theory. c. social-constructionist approach. d. subculture.
Women who received welfare as children are __________ likely to seek welfare as adults when compared to women who did not receive welfare as children
a. more b. less c. as
According to Durkheim, which of these factors was responsible for causing suicides?
a. A person losing his or her job b. The degree to which people felt integrated into the structure of society c. Psychological stress created from depression d. Marital status