According to G. William Domhoff, the ruling class in the United States
b. is composed of leaders at the top of business, the executive branch of the government, and the military.
c. influences the political process through campaign donations, PACs, and appointments to powerful governmental committees and presidential commissions.
d. has little control over the global political economy.
Answer: c. influences the political process through campaign donations, PACs, and appointments to powerful governmental committees and presidential commissions.
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What will be an ideal response?
How do men and women older than 65 compare in dating?
a. Older men are significantly more likely to date than older women. b. Older women are significantly more likely to date than older men. c. Older men and older women are equally likely to date.
The process of recruiting social movement members one at a time by convincing them that their values are the same as those of the social movement organization is called:
a. movement resocialization. b. indoctrination. c. resocialization. d. frame alignment.
Among women respondents, which group was the most likely to report having a great deal of confidence in educational institutions?
Figure 4.2 examines the relationship between respondents’ racial-ethnic group and their confidence in education, controlling for respondents’ gender. RACEHISP is a nominal-level variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. CONEDUC is the variable corresponding to the question, ”I am going to name some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them? … Education.”
The top portion of the figure shows the variables used to construct the analysis and indicates that SEX was used as a control variable and YEAR was used as a filter.
Figure 4.2
a. White women
b. Black women
c. Non-Black Hispanic women
d. Other women