For Foucault, power is in its most potent form when

a. it is embodied within an individual.
b. it is embodied within a social structure.
c. it is expressed by brute coercion.
d. it is successfully translated into systems of knowledge.


d. it is successfully translated into systems of knowledge.

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a. true b. false

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a. a cohort effect. b. changes in the information-processing system. c. better health care improving mental functioning. d. all of these.

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A. Laws in Massachusetts make it difficult for same-sex couples to get married. B. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Massachusetts since 2004, so same-sex marriage rates in Massachusetts have flattened out after an initial boom. C. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights movements have been ineffective in the Northeast. D. There are not that many same-sex couples who live in Massachusetts.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Worldwide polling in 2005, 2006, and 2007 shows public support for broadening and strengthening the powers of the UN in global governance. 2. Global civil society is one proposed model for democracy. Global civil society has an important role in global governance, according to most theorists 3. Apocalyptic models of globalization are found only in Islamic countries. 4. Apocalyptic views of global order imagine the world as battleground between good and evil

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