In _____'s classic view of the U.S. structure of power posits that the key people in three sectors—the corporate rich, the executive branch of the government, and the military—combine to form a power elite that makes all important decisions
a. Karl Marx
b. G. William Domhoff
c. Michael Parenti
d. C. Wright Mills
Answer: d. C. Wright Mills
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a. true b. false
The sexual double standard
A) is no longer common in U.S. society. B) continues to be applied to males, but not to females. C) appears to be alive and well in U.S. society. D) has disappeared as a result of the liberalization of attitudes toward premarital sex.
What does it mean to say that the meaning of singlehood is culturally constructed? Explain and give at least one example.
What will be an ideal response?
In The Other America, Michael Harrington is critical of what element of postindustrial societies proposed by Daniel Bell?
A. the emphasis on consumerism B. the significance of blue-collar workers C. the emphasis on poverty as a moral failure D. the significance of white-collar workers