The tendency of bureaucracies to be ruled by a few people is termed the iron law of _________
A. anarchy
B. oligarchy
C. autocracy
D. the power elite
Ans: B. oligarchy
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a. Certain social environments make people more prone to deviance. b. People learn from others around them whether or not to deviate. c. Deviants are psychologically different from conformists. d. The rich and powerful define deviance to benefit themselves.
Part of the reason that women are more obsessed with love than are men is because they tend to focus more on Eros and Ludus types of love, whereas men tend to focus on a Storge type of love
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
W. E. B. DuBois laid the theoretical foundation for the concept of ______, or how Blacks are somewhat within, yet still remote strangers to White dominated society.
a. racialization b. double-consciousness c. outsider within d. the veil
Durkheim maintained that society was held together by
a. the power of the elite b. a sense of connectedness or solidarity that its members feel c. the social institution of the family d. a consensus that people should be judged by status, rather than social class.