According to Shanker (1994), ________ refers to the fact that inner-city students who try to free themselves from the culture of gangs, drugs, and violence and do good work face enormous pressure, harassment, and even violence as others try to pull them back into the bucket.

What will be an ideal response?


the crab bucket syndrome

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Vera and David Mace believe that the quality of life in our communities is determined in part by:

a. objective conditions like crime and poverty. b. a common set of moral and ethical factors. c. subjective factors like people's perceptions of local community issues. d. the quality of relationships in the families that make up the communities.

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. Which of the following is true of global sex trafficking?

A. It is difficult to ascertain the size of the extent of sex trafficking. B. Sex trafficking is rare in conservative societies such as India and Pakistan. C. Police in India, for example, are likely to help young people who are exploited and trafficked. D. There is little interest in the factors that influence the size of the sex trade in certain developing states.

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The Old Order Amish constitute a ________________ counterculture in that they remain largely separate organizing life so they do not have to be a part of the larger society

a. left-wing c. mystics b. communitarian d. radical activists

Sociology

Which of these statements is the best description of a variable? a. A variable is something in which the researcher is not interested

b. A variable is something that can have only one value. c. A variable is something that can have more than one value or score. d. A variable is a scientific statement of observation.

Sociology