In 2011, when announcing the death of Osama Bin Laden, President Barack Obama said, "Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.". This message plays to the concept of
a. civil religion.
b. cult.
c. secularization.
d. mystical religion.
a
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The primary reason for child poverty is __________
a. birth into a single-parent family b. welfare fraud c. the breakup of a two-parent family d. All of the above e. Both a and c above
Sociologist __________ believed that deviance is rooted in societal factors such as rapid social change and lack of social integration among people. As social integration (bonding and community involvement) decreased, deviance and crime increased
a. Robert Merton b. Edwin Sutherland c. Walter Reckless d. Emile Durkheim
Men’s rights movements argue that a number of contemporary policies and practices are discriminatory toward men; moreover, some men’s rights groups argue that feminism is at least partially responsible for the implementation of these practices and policies. Identify one contemporary policy or practice that men’s movements have identified as discriminatory and explain whether or not you agree with that classification.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following was a general principle of Talcott Parsons’ grand theory?
a. An action theory where actors oriented themselves toward situations. b. Actors have little if any choice in their actions. c. Emergent systems become detached from component parts. d. Lower-level systems emerge out of higher-level systems.