Which of the following are characteristics of civil unions?
A) Some are simple registries of domestic partnerships.
B) Some have many of the rights of married couples.
C) Some are marriages in every way except name.
D) All of the above
D
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You have been hired as a consultant by the local school district to help them develop a new set of policies and procedures for dealing with student misconduct. In the process of writing up your proposal, you research and critically evaluate a host of empirical research on this topic. Based on what you find in the research, you present the school board with a student code of conduct that you
suggest they implement in the district. Your proposal is an example of __________. A) critical sociology B) evidence-based policymaking C) self-fulfilling prophecies D) unanticipated consequences of social action
What is the three branch system which is designed to ensure that power remains distributed in U.S. government so that no one branch dominates?
A) proportional representation B) power politics C) checks and balances D) the centrist solution
Which of the following terms is used by Max Weber to refer to "the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance"?
a. authority b. coercion c. force d. power
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Sociologists debate whether we live in a modern or postmodern world. 2. All sociologists agree that we live in modern world. 3. All sociologists agree that we live in postmodern world. 4. Most of the classical sociologists analyzed modern society. 5. Most of the classical sociologists critiqued modern society.