Among the poor in many urban areas there has been a development of voluntary associations. What are these and what purpose do they serve?

What will be an ideal response?


These are social help (mutual aid) groups that develop along lines of association (such as labor unions) or along kinship or ethnic lines. They can help with care, marriage arrangements, loans and scholarships, etc.

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a. Slash-and-burn farming and pastoralism b. Swidden cultivation and horticulture c. Slash-and-burn farming and swidden cultivation d. Swidden cultivation and horticulture e. Extensive cultivation and horticulture

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The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is largely a symbolic document

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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“Spanglish” is a form of code switching

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Methodological relativism does not preclude making moral judgments or taking action.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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