Exam 13: Politics and Economic Life

Tamara studies modern societies,which are defined by most researchers as capitalistic.She would probably assert that these capitalistic societies share all the following traits EXCEPT:

Frederick works in a university studying the extent to which individuals depend on others to produce many or most of the goods they need to sustain their lives.He is struck by the fact that many people could not survive in the modern world because they simply do not have the knowledge to carry out certain basic tasks such as growing food.The process that Frederick studies is known to sociologists as:

Sybil lives in a country where she cannot always participate as fully as others.For example,only men can run for election to the local government council.So Sybil actively protests this restriction.What kind of right is Sybil fighting for?

Laura is a researcher who studies technological and economic change.Her work shows clearly how the nature of the work we do is being changed by forces of global economic competition.What term do sociologists use to describe the process she studies?

Compare and contrast pluralist theories of modern democracy and the power elite model.

Countries in which voters can choose between two or more political parties and the majority of the adult population has the right to vote are usually called:

What author's most famous work,The Wealth of Nations,opens with a description of the division of labor in a pin factory?

According to the text,what are three types of rights associated with the growth of citizenship?

Eugenia has worked in the same company for fifteen years repairing ice makers.She drives from town to town in a few counties in California and sees to the maintenance of the machines that her company has in different supermarkets,convenience stores,and gas stations.Although her company manufactures other machines,she only repairs the ice makers that they make.What term would sociologists use to describe the specialization of Eugenia's work tasks?

All of the following terms are more or less synonymous to sociologists EXCEPT:

Shirley has worked for more than twenty years in a factory where automated machines recently took over some of the more onerous work that she had been required to perform.As a result,her job has become a bit less repetitive and easier to carry out,and she feels less alienated.What author's conclusions about automation would most likely be supported by Shirley's experience?

What term do sociologists use to describe the use of science and machinery to achieve greater productive efficiency?

Miles has been working on an assembly line in a car manufacturing factory in the United States for the last thirty years.Which of the following trends is he most likely to have witnessed?

According to the text,all of the following factors help to explain why levels of unemployment increased in Western societies in the 1970s and the 1980s EXCEPT:

When was the welfare state firmly established in most Western societies?

What do Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum mean when they write about a global "race to the bottom" in the retail-dominated production of clothing?

In 1908,who designed his first auto plant at Highland Park,Michigan,to manufacture only one product,thereby allowing the introduction of specialized tools and machinery designed for speed,precision,and simplicity of operation?

According to the text,which of the following statements best describes old-style terrorism?

Molly is a Keynesian economist,which means that she subscribes to the ideas of John Maynard Keynes.She recently began working as an economic advisor to the president.Just when she started her new job,the country spiraled into economic recession.What would Molly probably recommend her boss do to fight the recession?

Morgan was elected to her state legislature in a close election three and a half years ago.She is a Republican.In the upcoming election,she will be running for the same office against a male candidate from the Democratic Party.Morgan's district is currently experiencing an economic boom with lower than normal unemployment.According to the text,which of the following statements is most likely to be true?