Conflict theorists maintain that the
a. social system fosters
a. false consciousness.
b. the poor must mobilize and take political action.
c. poor people must break out of their culture of poverty.
d. both a and b.
D
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In a study of education in the United States, __________ would look at the role the schools play in maintaining the social system as a whole? how education provides the young with skills they need later in life? and how education transmits cultural values from one generation to the next
a. symbolic interactionists b. postmodern theorists c. functionalists d. conflict theorists
Lena and Tim have been dating for a few months. Lena has told Tim that she wants to wait before getting physically intimate with him. However, when Lena goes with Tim to his friend's party, Tim rapes her. In this scenario, Lena is a victim of _____
A) date rape B) marital rape C) collective rape D) custodial rape
Each of the following is a feature of the military-industrial complex EXCEPT ______.
A. an alignment of interests between Pentagon officials, defense contractors, and members of Congress B. an ideology based on the military definition of reality C. total influence over economic, political, and even spiritual realms of social life D. a democratic basis of interests and motivations
Theorist Eve Sedgwick (1990) argues that any analysis of society is incomplete if it does not include
A. a consideration of the patriarchal nature of government and business management systems. B. the spectrum of sexual identities that people embrace. C. comprehensive data on the common symbology that the society has adopted. D. both macro- and micro-level views of the subject of study.