Some analysts suggest that inner-city riots have frequently occurred when poor people realize that their chances of climbing out of poverty are unlikely because of the structure of our social system. Their frustration is based on their perception that they are living in a(n)
A. open stratification system.
B. closed stratification system.
C. egalitarian class system.
D. fractured class system.
B. closed stratification system.
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Raul expects to earn a paycheck outside the home and values being self-reliant. He expects his wife to stay at home, do the housework, and raise their children. Based on this information, Raul is probably from a ________ culture.
a. incompatible b. tolerating c. feminine d. masculine e. chromenics
The most common contemporary technology for worker control is telephone taps
a. true b. false
The research method that permits the sociologist to be active in a situation while objectively monitoring it at the same time is called
A. content analysis. B. participant observation. C. research on the web. D. structured interviews.
Durkheim suggests that crime is
a. abnormal for all societies. b. normal for modern but not traditional societies. c. abnormal because it indicates collective sentiments are not working. d. normal because no society is exempt from it.