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- A. newspapers
- B. salons
- C. universities
- D. television
Explanation: Habermas’s account traces the early public sphere to salons, where private individuals gathered to discuss public issues and debate…
Correct answer: salons- A. bureaucracy
- B. hierarchy
- C. networks
- D. conglomerates
Explanation: Castells describes the network as the characteristic organizational form of the information age, linking people and institutions through…
Correct answer: networks- A. functionalist perspective
- B. labeling theory
- C. interactionist perspective
- D. conflict perspective
Explanation: The conflict perspective examines how economic power and ownership restrict genuine competition, even in an economy described as free…
Correct answer: conflict perspective284. Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ?
- A. All three of them
- B. Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim
- C. Karl Marx and Max Weber
- D. Karl Marx
Explanation: Marx, Durkheim and Weber all examined labor, production, class or the economy, although Marx made economic conflict the central basis of…
Correct answer: All three of them- A. anomie
- B. pauperization
- C. alienation
- D. de-skilling
Explanation: Marx used alienation to describe workers’ loss of control over their work, its products and their own productive activity under…
Correct answer: alienation- A. Joan of Arc
- B. Malcolm X
- C. Adolf Hitler
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Charismatic authority rests on a leader’s perceived extraordinary personal qualities rather than on law or tradition.
Correct answer: all of the above- A. Friedrich Engels
- B. Adam Smith
- C. Emile Durkheim
- D. the Marx Brothers
Explanation: Marx developed socialist theory in close collaboration with Friedrich Engels, who co-authored major works and helped formulate Marxist…
Correct answer: Friedrich Engels- A. a clear-cut hierarchy of authority
- B. co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate
- C. fixed salaries associated with each role
- D. written rules governing conduct
Explanation: Weber's ideal bureaucracy separates officials from ownership of the organisation's material resources.
Correct answer: co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate- A. regimes that use repression against their population
- B. the exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics
- C. the legal system of the former communist countries
- D. the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top
Explanation: Michels's iron law of oligarchy states that even democratic organisations tend to develop concentrated leadership and control.
Correct answer: the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top- A. bureaucratic organization could become prohibitively expensive to run
- B. social organization could become too efficient
- C. bureaucratic officials may be able to abuse their power
- D. democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power
Explanation: Weber feared that bureaucratic expertise could place real decision-making power in officials, making democratic control largely…
Correct answer: democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power- A. charismatic authority
- B. traditional authority
- C. rational domination
- D. Patrimonialism
Explanation: Charismatic authority rests on followers’ belief in a leader’s exceptional personal qualities or appeal.
Correct answer: charismatic authority