Question 1

Explain how the military serves as a social institution.

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Question 2

Discuss the role of PACs in American politics.

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Question 3

Explain the difference between the state and government, and the relationship between the two.

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Question 4

Discuss the privatization of the military. How does privatization change the military as a social institution?

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Question 5

Compare the three types of authority and provide an example of each.

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Question 6

Discuss how feminists' theory of the state differs from the pluralist and power elite theories of the state.

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Question 7

List and describe the basic characteristics of the four models of power in society presented in the text.

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Question 8

Discuss the situation for women in the military; include the rate of their participation and the branches in which they are most likely to enlist, as well as the problems that women in the military and their families must contend with.

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Question 9

According to C. Wright Mills, who are the power elite in society; how are the different groups interconnected?

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Question 10

Define nationalism and given examples of possible positive and negative consequences of nationalism.

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Question 11

Discuss the pluralist model of power and interest groups; explain the relationship between them.

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Question 12

What is the gender gap; how do voting behavior and political attitudes tend to differ between men and women?

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Question 13

Describe the basic differences in the perspectives of conflict theory, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism as they apply to work and the economy.

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Question 14

Discuss the forms of sexual harassment. In your answer give examples of each type.

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Question 15

Describe the unemployment rate in terms of who is included in the statistic, and who is not.

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Quiz 15: Economy and Politics