A. protecting the interest of the ruling elite only
B. helping the poor and homeless
C. bringing peace to its citizens
D. directing the economy
Related Mcqs:
- Conflict theorists view stratification systems as______________?
A. resulting from class struggles
B. effects of the law of nature
C. mechanisms of coercion
D. BOTH coercive and resulting from class struggles - Functionalist theorists view stratification system as_______________?
A. resulting from a need for order
B. providing a stabilizing influence on society
C. preventing conflicts among individuals
D. all of the above - Personality must be considered as________________?
A. interplay between environment and learned behavior
B. a result of biology alone
C. role demands
D. more a function of heredity than anything else - Deviance is defined as________________?
A. breaking legal codes
B. behavior forbidden by religion
C. behavior that passes the limits of what the social group tolerates
D. any violation of societal norms - Urbanism is defined as________________?
A. the migration of people from rural to urban centers
B. a set of attitudes and a way of life distinct from the rural
C. the growth of cities and suburbs at the expense of rural areas
D. the study of the growth and decline of populations - The author of a famous treatise on the origin of the state characterized existence in the “state of nature” as________________?
A. similar to an earthly paradise
B. among “noble savages”
C. “solitary poor nasty brutish and short”
D. a pre-Christian utopia - Another way of talking about opportunity costs might be as________________?
A. economic consequences
B. social consequences
C. value of sacrificed resources
D. parallel world - Which perspective assumes that actors other than states are also important and s whether states are unitary actors ?
A. Realism
B. Globalism
C. Pluralism
D. Idealism - Symbolic interaction ism functionalism conflict feminism exchange are_____________?
A. economic theories
B. issues in psychology
C. theoretical models used by sociologists and anthropologists
D. the vocabulary of computer science - The conflict theory of inequality is based on the work of______________?
A. Charles Darwin
B. Karl Marx
C. Talcott Parsons
D. Kingsley Davis
