According to Immanuel Wallerstein's world system theory, a state or region in which industry and financial institutions are developed to some extent but remain dependent on capital and technology provided by other states is a:

a. core state
b. dependent state
c. peripheral area
d. semiperipheral area


D

Sociology

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Preoccupation and even fixation on developing a good methodology can be explained by sociology's

a. youth, and desire to be accepted as a science. b. rejection of science and a search for alternative ways of studying human life. c. hostility toward other social and natural sciences. c. hostility toward other social and natural sciences.

Sociology

Federal legislation in 1968 established bilingual education for _____________ families only

A) large B) low-income C) Hispanic D) immigrant

Sociology

According to law professor Randall Kennedy _____ occur(s) when the threat of extra-legal lynching at the hands of violent mobs is so great that the legal system takes the place of the mob in an attempt to cloak the punishment with legitimacy

a. capital punishment b. the death penalty c. legal lynchings d. lethal injection

Sociology

Michael is studying the pattern of volunteers at a local battered women's shelter. Specifically, he was following how college-age students first volunteer, then take on an internship, and then finally seek employment at the agency. What is Michael studying?

a. Frequencies b. Causes c. Processes d. Structures e. Magnitudes

Sociology