Those who are in charge of major bureaucratic institutions, such as in business, government, or the military, wield disproportionate power in society. This is consistent with the definition of which theory of power?
A. elitist theory
B. power elite theory
C. bureaucratic domination theory
D. institutional domination theory
Answer: B
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a. warfare b. population growth c. declining economic productivity d. declining political power
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A. Laws B. Symbols C. Mores D. Folkways
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A. television, radio, and phones B. phones and Internet C. newspapers and television D. Internet, radio, and television
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a. probably haven’t changed very much: an environment that fosters an exchange of ideas b. have changed radically, from one valuing curiosity and discovery to an environment that offers the possibility of enormous economic gain c. have changed from discovery being a team effort to discovery being the work of a lone individual d. have been eroded by growing state power to regulate and tax