Your text concludes that the underlying reason for the dramatic increase in the probability of divorce over the last century is:
a. reduced community integration.
b. substantial reductions in fertility rates.
c. a changing economy.
d. reduced age at marriage.
c
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a. pay and productivity b. pay and social relations c. productivity and alienation d. social relations and productivity
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a. Emile Durkheim b. Karl Marx c. Ferdinand Tönnies d. Max Weber
Social Security, health and unemployment insurance, and welfare for poor families comprise the __________
a. bureaucratic state b. pluralistic state c. welfare state d. disciplinary state
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A. socialism B. totalitarianism C. capitalism D. communism