Which of the following terms refers to the positive effort to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities?

a. affirmative action
b. occupational segregation
c. xenocentrism
d. essentialism


a

Sociology

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Discuss at least five of the nine points identified in the United Nation's Convention of the Rights of the Child

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Food stamps cannot be used to buy hygiene products, alcoholic beverages, and vitamins and medicines.

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

Sociology

Which of the following statements about interest groups is true?

a. Interest groups would rather tear down parts of the social structure than reform it. b. Interest groups will fight to protect existing social arrangements when they are beneficial to their members. c. Interest groups are completely averse to the status quo. d. Interest groups have no relationship to paths of dependence.

Sociology

The concept "bureaucracy" refers to ________

a. a large, normative organization. b. any source of inefficiency in organizational operation. c. an organizational model that operates informally. d. an organizational model rationally designed to perform tasks efficiently.

Sociology