A good deal of sociological research on bureaucracies has dealt with:
a. uncovering the rules of the bureaucracy
b. comparing bureaucracies to other systems
c. uncovering how the rational often becomes irrational
d. following the historical development of bureaucratic organizations
c. uncovering how the rational often becomes irrational
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In his philosophy course Tim's instructor argued that the students needed to develop thinking skills that emphasized rationalization. Rationalization includes:
A) deliberate calculation B) efficiency C) effectiveness in the accomplishment of explicit goals D) all of the above
The implication in Chapter 2 is that oligarchs are likely also __________
A) socialists B) plutocrats C) Marxists D) in poverty
Which of these has been referred to as the "last closet"?
A. the military B. the priesthood C. the family D. professional sports
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis holds that
a. people are forever prisoners of their language. b. language and culture are fairly unrelated. c. exposure to another language can cause a person to become ethnocentric. d. functionalism is more plausible than conflict theory when studying culture. e. our view of the world depends on the particular language we have learned.