Poverty is a persistent problem in the United States and none of its intended solutions is more controversial than

a. unemployment taxes.
b. work-force development.
c. welfare.
d. income tax credits.


C

Sociology

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The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka dealt with which of the following issues?

a) school districts instituting basic skills testing b) prison overcrowding c) federal budget cuts d) public school finance e) school desegregation

Sociology

_____ believe that gender is a social creation, and gender inequality is shaped by learning gender roles through daily interaction.

A) Liberal feminists B) Functionalists C) Symbolic interactionists D) Conflict theorists E) Radical feminists

Sociology

Sarah is from a poor neighborhood where jobs are scarce. She wants to acquire material possessions that she cannot afford, so she becomes a prostitute in order to earn some tax-free cash and buy those possessions she wishes she could have, even though what she does is illegal. Sarah is adapting to anomie in what way?

a. Innovation b. Ritualism c. Retreatism d. Rebellion

Sociology

If someone failed to contribute money because massive amounts of media coverage made him or her less sensitive to the needs of victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, this would be an example of

A. selfishness. B. the narcotizing effect. C. globalization. D. socialization.

Sociology