Although Max Weber was critical of bureaucracies, he did admire them for their ______.

A. ability to stabilize the labor market
B. efficient organization of the large-scale tasks required of modern economies
C. ability to be flexible in response to unusual circumstances
D. ability to provide an outlet for employee creativity


B. efficient organization of the large-scale tasks required of modern economies

Sociology

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Of the levels of "old" discussed in the text, which category is increasing the most rapidly in number?

a. the "younger old" b. the "elder old" c. the "older old" d. the "oldest old"

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How does the state of family economics before and after divorce affect both the family and the child's long-term adjustment to divorce?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

The learning of appropriate values and behaviors that occurs during early childhood is a part of _________ socialization

a. primary b. secondary c. anticipatory d. developmental

Sociology

The basic idea behind labeling theory is that ________

a. deviance is actually useful in a number of ways. b. deviance arises not so much from what people do as how others respond to what they do. c. power has much to do with how a society defines deviance. d. deviance is actually a myth.

Sociology