Explain the importance of the most essential features of democratic governments.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Elections of officials occur frequently enough to give the population the opportunity to choose who represents them in political offices.
2. Freedoms of expression (e.g., freedom of the press) and association are required to help the “marketplace of ideas” flourish and to allow people to organize in order to challenge the government if needed.
3. Universal suffrage exists so that all citizens have the equal right to vote – the opportunity for equal representation is available (in theory….)
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Legitimation refers to the idea that
a. the lower class has failed in some way. b. talent exists throughout the system, but some people are denied access to develop it. c. because the upper class benefits from inequality, and works to sustain it. d. those on top have not worked any harder than those on the bottom. e. one's location in the stratification system is mostly due to chance.
A(n) ______ society demands high levels of fertility and larger families to supply the labor power required to meet the demands of a preindustrial technology.
A. egalitarian B. socialist C. agrarian D. capitalist
Discuss the definition issues associated with terrorism. What is terrorism? What is international and domestic terrorism? Define repressive state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism. Provide examples of each in your response.
What will be an ideal response?
______ focus on the ways in which we come to define various environmental issues as problems.
A. Conflict/critical theorists B. Structural/functional theorists C. Symbolic interaction theorists D. Exchange theorists