Exam 18: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems

What is blocking progressive change?

The sociological perspective is inherently __________ the individualistic emphasis in the United States.

The authors suggest that a progressive agenda could be financed in part by reducing the __________ budget, which is less needed since the Soviet threat is gone.

Barriers to progressive reform include a __________.

Because of how societies are organized, even if some of the arrangements result in social problems, they can't be changed to reduce or eliminate those problems.

Individuals act alone or together, exercising their __________ to alter and transform social arrangements.

Peter believes that society gives shape to everything we do, and that even the emotions we feel and our own consciousness are fully regulated by social structures. Peter's beliefs align with the __________.

Jonathan Kozol cites the fact that as a society we seem more ready to spend money to punish a child who grows up to commit a crime than to spend money to educate the child and prevent the crime in the first place as evidence of our collective __________.

Elimination of poverty in disadvantaged urban and rural areas should include __________.

Control of federal and state legislatures by political conservatives promises to advance social reforms.

Discuss "the sociological dilemma" and the benefits that would come with policymakers overcoming their bias against sociologists. Ideal

Why do the authors of the text call for a particular focus on children?

The fact that __________ is used as a rationale for a progressive plan.

Which subsidy has been cut?

Which subsidy has stayed intact?

One argument for a progressive attack on social problems is that______________.

According to the text, sociologists are ________ by those in power.

Which of the following is a progressive proposal advanced by the authors of the text?

Discuss the principles proposed by the authors that are needed to guide public policy with the goal of reducing or eliminating social problems in the United States. Ideal

In the last decade, the ___________, which is opposed to progressive reform, spoke for many who felt politically alienated.