Alexander Liazos speaks for the social-conflict approach when he states that:

a. powerless people are at the highest risk of being defined as deviant.
b. deviance has both functions and dysfunctions.
c. deviance exists only in the eye of the beholder.
d. society should ignore victimless crime.


a. powerless people are at the highest risk of being defined as deviant.

Sociology

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Esping-Andersen shows that liberal welfare states tend to be found in societies with ________, whereas social democratic welfare states are usually found in societies with ________

a. strong working classes; weak working classes b. weak working classes; strong working classes c. authoritarian governments; democratic governments d. Protestants controlling the government; Catholics controlling the government

Sociology

The argument that points out that large groups of people make better choices and can influence the world around them is tied to which theory?

a. conflict theory b. functionalism c. symbolic interactionism d. exchange theory

Sociology

____________________ is a reaction of approval or disapproval to another's behavior or appearance

a. Deviance c. Retreatism b. Conformity d. A sanction

Sociology

How did the invention of the automobile affect women's roles?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology