What did Devah Pager's audit survey reveal?

a. The U.S. has largely overcome racial discrimination in employment.
b. While criminal history matters in employment, race has no bearing.
c. White applicants with a criminal record were more likely to be called back for a job interview than black applicants with no criminal record.
d. Black applicants are more likely to get called back for a job interview thanks to affirmative action policies.


C

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Which of the following situations best illustrates policy evaluation?

a) A city police department conducts a study to determine whether the location of police substations in high-crime neighborhoods affects the crime rate in those neighborhoods. b) A neighborhood civic club gathers signatures on petitions demanding that the city take action to reduce crime in their part of town. c) The city council budgets additional money for police overtime pay in order to increase the number of officers on the street. d) A candidate for mayor stresses crime prevention in her election campaign. e) A professor at the local college presents data showing how the crime rate in the city is correlated with population changes.

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__________ is the formal organization that has the legal and political authority to regulate the relationships among members of a society and between that society and those outside its borders

a. Government b. Economics c. Politics d. The military

Sociology

What is ecofeminism? What sets ecofeminism apart from other forms of feminism? What is a strength and weakness of ecofeminism?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Jim Crow laws were racially based efforts to limit the participation of blacks in American society through segregation. Beginning in 1890, a "separate but equal" status took effect in all public facilities in the southern states. Why might we view this as a form of domination authority?

a.) Legislation was enacted by all-white legislators. b.) The laws pertained as much to economics as they did social status. c.) An implicit threat of violence against blacks who defied the system undergirded it. d.) The long legacy of slavery led blacks to accept the authority of whites without question.

Sociology