Recent research on impoverished ghetto neighborhoods by William J. Wilson emphasizes that the economic and social distance between the small minority middle class and the poor is __________

a. shrinking
b. stabilizing
c. widening
d. fluctuating
e. staying exactly the same


c

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__________ is the nation with the most millionaires

Fill in the blank with correct word

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The domination of organizations by a small, self-perpetuating elite is called ________

A) the Thomas theorem B) the Protestant ethic C) the iron law of oligarchy D) the spirit of capitalism

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Why is semiskilled work often stressful?

a. Workers have to make many decisions in the process of doing their work. b. The time pressures require that the work is done sloppily, sacrificing workers' pride in their work. c. Semiskilled workers are often very hostile to each other. d. Semiskilled work requires years of experience to become competent. e. Semiskilled work is so easy to complete that it is rarely stressful.

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At each stage of our development, we are both individuals and __________

a. products of our historical context b. members of politicized bodies c. social innocents d. sole determiners of our own fate

Sociology