Category: Social Institutions

A. the state,s power can be exercised through several different administrative structures
B. the ruling elite is composed of people from various class backgrounds
C. political parties must compete for the votes of consumers in the electorate
D. there is a close alignment between class background and party preference

A. allowing a marriage only within the social class
B. allowing a man to have several birds
C. allowing a man to have several wives
D. allowing a woman to have several husbands
E. allowing a family to live in a commune

A. secularization
B. evangelicalism
C. fundamentalism
D. alienation

A. the belief that women control the private sphere
B. women’s increasing labor market participation
C. the allocation of men and women to different types of job
D. relations between men and women in the workplace

A. world-affirming
B. world-rejecting
C. world-enhancing
D. world-accommodating

A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labelling theory

A. University of Cambridge
B. The Open University
C. London Metropolitan University
D. University of Manchester

A. half
B. third
C. quarter
D. tenth

A. increase in the number of men with a college education
B. increasing birth-rate
C. shift in the economy of the United States from manufacturing to service industries
D. all of the above

A. capitalism and communism
B. capitalism and socialism
C. socialism and communism
D. capitalism and dictatorships