In the context of illegal immigration in the United States, conflict theorists are likely to believe that ________
a. greater surveillance at the borders is the best way to control illegal immigration
b. illegal immigrants are lodged at the bottom of the nation's social and economic hierarchies
c. employers hire these immigrants, pay low wages, and produce goods and services that are affordable to consumers
d. illegal or undocumented workers are often transient
b
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Situations of family ownership and ownership of personal property among huntergatherers
a. suggest that the idea of "primitive communism" must be significantly revised b. are unknown to contemporary social scientists c. suggest that exploitation is found in all societies d. do not, in practice, constitute genuine private ownership of and control over the forces of production
Because we have so much of the nation's wages going to a small number of people at the top, and a bottom tier of wage earners at the lower income levels making very little, with the middle class squeezed between, the United States can be said to
have a(n) A. strangled economy. B. hourglass economy. C. inverted economy. D. none of these.
Trying to counsel and help a family who was living in New York on September 11, 2001, and who still struggle with the resulting trauma illustrates which theoretical perspective?
a. family ecology b. family systems c. family development d. conflict
The scientific method involves the pursuit of knowledge in a non systematic way
a. true b. false