Someone coming from the conflict point of view thinks that __________
a. social institutions allow everyone to get ahead
b. social institutions favor the poor
c. those in power use social institutions to stay in power
d. social institutions work well
c
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Chapter 2 mentions "a great surge" in qualitative research in the 1950s and 1960s. It is best described as:
A. Micro-sociology and field based studies. B. Ethnographic research in post-colonial societies. C. A turn away from verstehen to incorporation of quantitative data in mixed method designs. D. The first use of computer based technologies for recording and analyzing data. E. Studies of peasant communities to contribute to counter-insurgency efforts in S. E. Asia.
Men are more likely to report that they belong to the middle class than women are
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to W. E. B. Du Bois in his classic work, The Souls of Black Folk, __________.
A. since the end of legal slavery, there has been substantial improvement in the lives of most African Americans B. race does not operate as a master status C. U.S. society makes whites the standard by which others (including African Americans) should be measured D. African American people are morally superior to white people
The tendency of persons to marry people who are similar in social and demographic characteristics is called:
A. hypergamy. B. heterogamy. C. homogamy. D. propinquity.