The United States has considered a national health care system that would guarantee medical care to all citizens as a basic human right. The government's involvement in providing health care for all citizens is characteristic of which type of economic system?
A. Contemporary capitalism
B. Socialism
C. Communism
D. Laissez-faire capitalism
Answer: B
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Kivel's goal in "The Act?Like?A?Man Box" was to show how:
a. gender?role expectations have relaxed over time. b. gender?role expectations are rigidly enforced among boys. c. sociologists trivialize gender. d. feminists are fighting against the box.
Which of the following statements is true of tracking?
A. It allows teachers to develop curricula for students with similar ability. B. It creates and reinforces equality among students. C. It involves sorting students based on their racial or ethnic group. D. The effects of tracking decrease over time. E. Teachers tend to have high expectations for low-track students.
Max Weber regarded social conflict between which of the following as the most significant force for social change?
a. Between revolutionaries and tradition. b. Between upper and lower classes. c. Between the religious and the anti-religious. d. Between the powerless and the powerful.
Codified norms that formalize and institutionalize society norms are called ______.
A. laws B. beliefs C. values D. mores