Choose one of Wallerstein’s hierarchical structural positions – define it and provide a real world example of it and what they can do to change their status (if anything).
What will be an ideal response?
The core region of the modern world-system first emerged in northwestern Europe and
now includes the United States, Canada, Japan, and other similarly industrialized nationstates.
Together this “area” controls a vast majority of the world’s wealth while producing
a highly skilled workforce that is controlled through wage payment. Using its economic and
political superiority, the core is able to dominate and control the periphery. Students should offer feedback that includes economic solutions, discuss the power dynamic involved, or offer alternative paradigms for cultural identity and relationships.
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Which theoretical approach states that social movements depend on rallying around symbols?
a. mass-society theory b. deprivation theory c. resource-mobilization theory d. culture theory
In an exponential growth curve, growth will __________.
a. incline gradually and then suddenly decline steeply b. triple during increasingly shorter time intervals and then abruptly level off c. triple during approximately equal time intervals and then suddenly accelerate steeply d. incline gradually and then suddenly steeply
What positive take does the text indicate sociologists might present when considering cases of violent road rage?
A) Violent road rage allows people to vent their energy and calm their emotions. B) Most people driving the freeways under stressful conditions do not engage in violent road rage. C) Violent road rage has a functional role, providing employment for emergency responders. D) By simply increasing the power of law enforcement, society can reduce violent road rage.
Women are at greater risk of developing osteoporosis because:
A. their bones are smaller than men's bones. B. their bones are heavier than men's bones. C. they deplete their calcium stores by doing most of the housework. D. they don't drink as much milk as men.