A. totalitarian regimes are incompatible with the requirements of advanced industrial technology
B. democratic governments serve the interests of a ruling elite
C. advanced industrial technology strengthens the power of totalitarian regimes
D. communist societies disperse power between various political parties
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - In What year did the 15 constituent republics of the USSR declare independence thereby ending the Soviet Union as a functioning state ?
A. 1989
B. 1998
C. 2001
D. 1991 - In reviewing capitalism worldwide following the downfall of communism in the Soviet Union some observers suggest that_____________?
A. capitalist nations fully agree on the merits of capitalism practiced by all developed nations
B. Russia Eastern Europe Latin America and Asia have fully accepted and are practicing the style of capitalism practiced in the United States
C. in dynamic Asian nations (e.g. Japan Singapore Hong Kong South Korea and Taiwan) government intervention in economic life has resulted in a “government-business symbiosis ” different from that in Europe and the United States
D. the performance of the Asian economy and financial institutions in late 1997 and early 1998 strongly supports the “government-business /state capitalism/communal capitalism economic arrangement - 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 - How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an economic base in industrial production ?
A. developing countries
B. peripheral countries
C. globalizing countries
D. newly industrializing countries - Which of the following have expressed particular concern about the longevity of union leaders who are not always responsive to the needs and demands of membership ?
A. functionalists
B. conflict theorists
C. interactionists
D. classical theorists - Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies ?
A. Michel Foucault
B. Paul Gay
C. Zygmunt Bauman
D. Robert Michels - Species being means_______________?
A. Self-actualization
B. Self-denial
C. None of these
D. both of these - Which of these groups of countries had the least telephone mainlines per 1,000 people in 1999 ?
A. Latin America
B. South Asia
C. Arab States
D. East Asia - Suicide rate was higher in Protestants because they had higher emphasis on______________?
A. Individualism
B. solidarity
C. Harmony
D. None of these
