The text discusses two approaches to understanding why some states are more democratic than others. Moore suggests that the fate of each nation is determined by a struggle between different social classes. Acemoglu and Robinson, using game theory, suggest that citizens can induce change through the credible threat of revolution. The primary difference between these two approaches is Moore's emphasis on the
a.) poor.
b.) bourgeoisie.
c.) educated middle class.
d.) ruling elite.
Answer: b.) bourgeoisie.
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a. no longer exist in the United States. b. exist for factory workers in only one state today. c. exist for many illegal immigrants who cannot complain because of fear of deportation. d. are disappearing because of successful unionization of most industries.
The U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that public school systems a. should take into account the race or ethnicity of a student in order to achieve integrated schools
b. cannot try to achieve or maintain integration taking explicit account of a student's race. c. students have no right to their choice of schools? they must attend the school assigned to them by their district administrators. d. must use busing, if necessary, to achieve race and ethnic integration of their schools.
Secondary data is
a. the data that the same researcher collects at a different point in time. b. data that has been collected by someone else. c. data that is not useful to the researcher. d. data that the same researcher collects at a different point in time and data that is not useful to the researcher. e. none of these.
Which of the following was ethically controversial in the case of the Henrietta Lacks?
A. She was not told she had cervical cancer. B. She was not treated for her cervical cancer. C. She did not know of or consent to being a participant in a research study. D. She was not allowed to withdraw from the study after she became concerned about it.