List and describe the three perspectives on power.
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The elite perspective makes a sharp distinction between an organized minority (the elite) that rules and an unorganized majority that is ruled. Elite theories often focus on specific institutional bases of power. The class perspective, which has its origins in Marxist theory, also focuses on a ruling minority, but class theory is more specific about the identity of the rulers and the structure that creates them: They are the owners of productive wealth, the capitalist class. The pluralist perspective denies that power is concentrated in one group. It maintains that, in democratic societies, there are multiple bases of power representing the interests of competing groups, so that no minority can easily impose its will.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following terms is used to refer to organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs?
A. social networks B. social institutions C. functional prerequisites D. communities
Who outlined the four levels that must be addressed concerning the definition and determination of death?
A. Christiaan Barnard B. Robert Veatch C. Karen Gervais D. Jur? Wada
This is a progressive brain disorder wherein the brain slowly dies through the strangulation of its cells.
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