A group that attempts to influence public opinion and political decisions in accord with the particular interests of its members is called _______

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


interest group

Sociology

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___________ Housework such as cooking, cleaning, and child care that women who work outside the home take on when they arrive home

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Sociology

Name two measures developed by social scientists to understand prejudice

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Sociology

Mary believes that she is poor because she feels inferior, powerless, and lacks work ethic. Mary's beliefs best characterize ______.

A. Lewis's culture of poverty thesis B. Gans's ideas about the functions of the poor C. Weber's ideas about class, status, and power D. Moore's ideas about welfare dependency

Sociology

What is the central difference between the free market policies that exacerbate inequality and the capabilities of the pan-ethnic movements that George Lipsitz believes could have a greater effect on positive societal change?

A. Pan-ethnic movements are able to garner greater support through inclusion, which will in turn affect elections and policy changes, while free market policies remain possessively invested in whiteness. B. Pan-ethnic movements use society’s investment in whiteness to promote white leaders who support positive change, while free market policy supporters actively suppress these leaders. the unequal power of whiteness. C. Pan-ethnic movements can acknowledge and combat the power of whiteness that intensifies inequality, while free market policies continue to allow for possessive investment in whiteness by ignoring D. Pan-ethnic movements seek to recycle free-market policies into more positive government efforts to decrease inequality, while the original policies themselves remain fundamentally invested in whiteness.

Sociology