A formal organization characterized by a clearly defined hierarchy with a commitment to rules, efficiency, and impersonality is a:

a. bureaucracy
b. coercive organization
c. collectivist organization
d. voluntary association


A

Sociology

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__________ have proven especially fruitful for studying racially discriminatory behaviors in a “colorblind” society.

A) Surveys B) Census analyses C) Interviews D) Experiments

Sociology

About __________ percent of the U.S. population are members of the upper-middle class

a. 7 b. 14 c. 32 d. 44

Sociology

In the 1990s, the crack epidemic, which often affected poor, inner-city Black communities, was met with harsher sentencing laws. Today, when opioid overdoses are epidemic in white middle-class communities, the societal response is geared more toward treatment and prevention. This disparity in response is most consistent with which approach?   

A. Functionalist B. Conflict C. Postmodern D. Feminist

Sociology

The evidence that the demand for food is growing faster than the population is that

a. the amount of meat being consumed in the world has been increasing. b. there is now less geographic variability in daily food consumption. c. caloric intake per person has been rising. d. food insecurity has been declining.

Sociology