What is an interlocking directorate? Explain the difference between direct and indirect interlocks

What will be an ideal response?


Ideal Answer The ideal answer should include the following:
1. Explain how interlocks are the linkage between corporations.
2. Describe how direct interlocks occur when an individual servers on the board of directors of two companies.
3. Describe how indirect interlocks occur when two companies each have a director on the board of a third company.

Sociology

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In the context of the conflict perspective of family and aging, an inheritance increases the likelihood that all families can compete for resources that include education, decent housing, and health care.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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From a symbolic interactionist perspective, the key to understanding behavior within the family lies in

a. interaction among family members and the meanings they assign to interactions. b. the conflict inherent within the economic division of labor. c. the function that regulates sexual behavior. d. the need for women's labor in the home, so that men may succeed outside the home. e. the ways in which the family meets the needs of the individual and society.

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What term did Durkheim give to the body of religious beliefs that give people a sense of belonging?

A. False consciousness B. Collective consciousness C. Ritualized consciousness D. Interactive identity

Sociology

The Internet is not yet considered a key site of consumption.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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