What are the characteristics of total institutions and how do they work to resocialize individuals?
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1. Total institutions, such as prisons, work by isolating individuals from the rest of society in
order to change their values, beliefs, and behaviors.
2. They have several characteristics: There is a singular authority, activities are structured
and take place in specific locations, information is carefully screened, rules and roles are
clearly defined, a strict hierarchy is enforced, and individual choice is restricted.
3. These characteristics help with the degradation ceremony, in which individuals are
humiliated in order to strip them of their former self, so that they can then be re-created or
resocialized.
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The age group that is more accident-prone is:
a. people under 40. b. people aged 45 to 50. c. people aged 50 to 55. d. people aged 55 to 60.
Discuss the four realms of sociology and their characteristics
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A multinational corporation in the United States relocates to a country with a lower rate of prevailing wages than in the United States. This step taken by the multinational corporation is known as:
A. deindustrialization. B. securitization. C. modernization. D. capacity utilization.
SAGE News Clips: Slave Labor ShrimpDescription: Unnamed and unidentified Burmese migrants work illegally in Thailand's "shrimp sheds." Workers are paid $1.00 at most, but sometimes they are paid nothing at all. Many fear being killed by the other Burmese workers under the thumb of the bosses. As one migrant worker states: "They always told us if we don't work, they would shoot us." Shrimp peeled in Thailand end up on "all-you-can-eat" seafood buffets in the United States. AP reporters found that shrimp peeled by migrants in unsafe and hazardous working conditions have ended up in grocery stores in all 50 states. The U.S. State Department has not banned these products made by "slave labor" due to so-called loopholes.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've
signed in, scroll to page 340 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Which of the following is NOT something critics of global capitalism might say about Thai "shrimp sheds"? A. The profit motive of global capitalism creates jobs for workers that they would not otherwise have. B. As global capitalism drives the costs of goods down, workers around the globe are expected to work for lower and lower wages. C. The profit motive of global capitalism can give rise to corruption and exploitation. D. The profit motive of global capitalism interferes with global competition.