While a middle class has developed in some societies, the overall trend has been toward
a. Increasing inequality within societies
b. Increasing equality within societies
c. Increasing inequality within and among societies
d. Increasing equality within and among societies
a. Increasing inequality within societies
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According to Wallerstein, the capitalist world-economy is held together by
a. an overarching political structure b. a single culture c. a loosely structured set of economic relationships d. the dependence of its elements on industrial technology
The ____ rate represents the number of divorces in a given year for every 1,000 marriages in the population
a. ratio of marriages to divorces b. crude divorce c. refined divorce d. predictive divorce
The most significant contribution of studies like the High/Scope 20-year study of preschool children is:
a. the evidence that boys consistently have higher academic achievement levels than girls b. the finding that the high cost of exemplary pre-school programs outweighs the total social benefits of such efforts c. the indication that the quality of teaching is the most important factor in student achievement d. their documentation of the benefits of a good pre-school program for disadvantaged children
Using your sociological knowledge of how people adapt to a changing environment and your knowledge of demographics, why would fertility rates eventually decline in response to lower mortality rates?
a. Developed countries are the first to experience lower mortality rates, and these are the countries most concerned about population growth. b. An explosion in population growth scares the average person and so they have fewer children. c. As fewer people die young, couples have smaller families because more of their children will live to be adults. d. Population growth leads many governments to enact extreme measures to limit fertility rates.