Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Tocqueville is usually considered a political theorist, not a social theorist.
2. Tocqueville used rigorous, social scientific methods in his comparative studies.
3. Tocqueville’s work is often and perhaps rightly criticized as being overly general.
4. Tocqueville was careful to keep his own values out of his theories.
5. Tocqueville was especially critical of The United States’ “infant” democracy.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
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The Jewish reform movement included all of the following except
A) consumption of pork. B) inter-faith marriage. C) Sunday as Sabbath. D) little use of Hebrew in worship.
According to the text, why does war occur?
a. People want to use the resources available in another country b. There is a cultural tradition of war that makes such actions legitimate c. There must be a situation in which two political actors have incompatible objectives d. Something must happen to trigger action at the level of making war
Most sociologists believe gender differences are due to biological differences.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
From sociologist Emile Durkheim's perspective, _____ refers to the social cohesion in preindustrial societies, in which there is minimal division of labor and people feel united by shared values and common social bonds
a. organic solidarityb. mechanical solidarity c. primitive bonding d. preindustrial bonding