What are the advantages and disadvantages of the international division of labor and of global markets?
What will be an ideal response?
Positive results might include greater efficiency, greater options in goods and jobs, lower consumer prices, and the spread of technology and jobs to developing countries. Negatives might include job loss in advanced industrial countries, loss of unionized industrial jobs, the exploitation of vulnerable workers and creation of sweatshop facilities, environmental hazards, and disruption of local cultures.
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In Kathleen Gerson's study of middle-class men's reactions to the prospect of shouldering more of the responsibility for domestic tasks like child care, a significant proportion of those interviewed were choosing the single life and becoming what
were called "__________ males." a. retread b. autonomous c. emancipated d. solo e. singular
Political participation is stratified by class more in the United States than in many other democracies.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. The ultimate goal of the the Transition Town movement is to manage energy and climate challenged future by
a. mobilizing community resources to rediscover local capacity b. reducing ecological footprints and increase resilience of communities to ravaged by climate change c. forming alliance with climate change organizations to redress environmental ills d. competing for limited resources after environmental degradation
All of the following are related to active life expectancy for minorities except:
A. they are less likely to have health insurance. B. they are more likely to engage in a physical fitness program. C. they are more likely to engage in behaviors like smoking. D. they are more likely to be employed at jobs where there is greater risk of injury.