In many contemporary conflict’s attempts are made to protect soldiers often at the expense of civilian lives in order to minimize political problems from media coverage of fatalities How are such conflicts described ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which type of theorists would argue that relentless class conflict between capitalists and workers boom and bust economic cycles and intercorporate conflict place limits on the ability of the capitalist class to manipulate political institutions at will?

   A. instrumental conflict theorists
   B. reactionary conflict theorists
   C. structural conflict theorists
   D. dysfunctional conflict theorists

2. One of the Basic Conflicts, in conflict theory is_____________?

   A. conflict between countries
   B. conflict between individuals
   C. Class conflict
   D. None of these

3. The media-themes model of media influence claims that_____________?

   A. audiences selectively interpret what they want to hear
   B. content analysis is the best way to identify the themes covered by the media
   C. audiences passively absorb whatever messages they are given
   D. social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select

4. Conflict theory is often criticized for failing to account for______________?

   A. minority rights
   B. women
   C. consensus
   D. latent functions
   E. the rights of workers

5. Which of these is not a critique of attempts to measure relative deprivation ?

   A. the personal experience of poverty is not the concern of sociologists
   B. there is an arbitrary nature to how items are selected for a deprivation index
   C. it may be choice not poverty that means some people do not qualify for some of the items on a deprivation index
   D. the subjective nature of such indices means it is difficult to make comparisons between different studies and time periods

6. Social Control theory attempts to explain_____________?

   A. conformity
   B. corporate crime
   C. Psychologically-based crime
   D. lower-class crime
   E. white-collar crime

7. In a society with a (n) ___________ the political and religious institutions often act in harmony and mutually reinforce each other,s powers over their relative spheres of influence ?

   A. denomination
   B. ecclesia
   C. cult
   D. sect

8. Which of these bests describes Islamic revivalism in the contemporary world ?

   A. traditional practices and modes of life have been revived but combined with concerns that relate specifically to modern times
   B. a growing belief in literal interpretations of sacred texts
   C. a uniquely political phenomenon associated with introducing Islamic principles into laws and government
   D. traditional practices and modes of life have been revived without any reference to recent historical events involving external non-Islam countries

9. Which term describes marriage patterns in contemporary Britain ?

   A. flexible monogamy
   B. serial monogamy
   C. liquid monogamy
   D. reflexive monogamy

10. Social inequality is a structured aspect of contemporary life That means that___________?

    A. inequality occurs in a random fashion
    B. inequalities are passed from generation to generation
    C. inequality is regulated by the government
    D. none of the above is true