Why might some conflict theorists argue that industrialized Western nations are oligarchies rather than true democracies?
What will be an ideal response?
In practice, power is concentrated among a small, elite group of business, government, and military leaders
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Sociologist Charles H. Cooley used the term_____to describe a small, less specialized group in which members engage in face-to-face, emotion-based interactions over an extended period of time
a. secondary group b. significant others c. tributary group d. primary group
Moving on has always been an important part of the experience of U.S. society
Remembering the map in the chapter, in which part of the country are there a larger number of households that stay put, where the same people have lived for thirty years or more? a. Florida b. the Southwest c. the West Coast d. the Great Plains
Herbert Gans argued that the "functions" served by the poor have ______; that is, they could be fulfilled by other means than poverty.
A. functional alternatives B. a basis in meritocracy C. manifest tendencies D. exclusive function
The political influence of this group has declined significantly as the good-producing industries of the economy, which typically had strong union membership, have contracted.
A. underclass B. working poor C. working class D. middle class