Which trend in the organization of the state seems to be declining in more industrial and post-industrial societies?
a. the size of the administrative base of power
b. the use of material incentives
c. the reliance on coercion
d. the reliance on law
e. the reliance on symbols
c. the reliance on coercion
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Comparatively speaking, artificial inseminations are
(a) very expensive. (b) not very expensive. (c) free. (d) available only to the very wealthy.
According to the text's discussion of civil religion, _____________________
a. civil religion is tied to the most popular religious group in a society b. because of the separation of church and state, all civil ceremonies in the United States lack any religious quality c. the U.S. flag is a sacred object within the nation's civil religion d. there is public consensus about the importance of civil religion
__________ refers to a pattern of beliefs that support and justify a particular social arrangement
a. Human agency b. Ideology c. Revolution d. Diffusion
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