The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e.. “Obama Care”) was unique because for the first time in history, the federal government instituted a monetary penalty on those who did not purchase a product (health insurance) from a private company. Which of Tocqueville’s problems of democracy could this extension of authority indicate?
a. stagnation
b.equality
c. despotism
d. centralization
c. despotism
Sociology
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Because Blacks and Hispanics have made significant gains in educational attainment following the civil rights era, the income gap has disappeared
a. true b. false
Sociology
Residents of nursing homes are predominately
A) white. B) widowed. C) over age 75. D) all of the above.
Sociology
What is individual discrimination? Provide an example.
What will be an ideal response?
Sociology
The organic metaphor refers to a. seeing a particular society as untarnished by the influence of others
b. sociologists working in the community, not being strictly academic. c. seeing society as a system of interrelated functions and parts. d. understanding behavior from the perspective of those engaged in it.
Sociology