A. Church leaders and educators
B. The corporate rich only
C. High ranking military officers only
D. The military-industrial-governmental complex
Related Mcqs:
- C.Wright Mills wrote that the “power elite” controls_________________?
A. all political and social issues
B. the major issues like war and peace
C. the election of all national officials
D. access to Supreme Court appointments - According to Marx which group constituted a ruling elite ?
A. The proletariat
B. The bourgeoisie
C. The workers for the owners of the means of production
D. The military - C.Wright Mills maintains that the nation is really ruled by_______________?
A. the masses
B. a power elite
C. representatives of the people
D. the participants in the political process - Advocates of the elitist approach believe that the ruling elite maintains its power by____________?
A. physical force
B. manipulation of the masses
C. explaining the truth to the people
D. none of the above - The power elite are drawn from among the_______________?
A. military and business leaders
B. middle-class urban residents
C. union leaders
D. intellectuals - “The ability of one individual or group to control the actions of another individual or group without the latter’s consent” is a definition of____________?
A. coercion
B. violence
C. power
D. force - Another way of saying that position in a group are value-rated by group members is_______________?
A. statuses are ascribed
B. authority is hierarchical
C. statuses are ranked
D. roles are scripted - When a minority group accepts the culture of the dominant group it is called_______________?
A. accommodation
B. acculturation
C. amalgamation
D. assimilation - A predisposition toward certain points of view is called_______________?
A. attitude
B. action
C. opinion
D. conviction - 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
