Deck 5: The Politics of Everyday Life: Social Institutions and Social Relations

Question 1

Schools located in more __________ communities tend to have more coercive authority structures such as rule following and behavioral control.

A) upper class
B) middle class
C) power elite
D) working class

Answer 1

D

Question 2

_______ emphasizes the roles of parents, teachers, and other interest groups in shaping schools.

A) class
B) postmodern
C) elite-managerial
D) pluralist

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Pluralists examine:

A) the indoctrination of children as to control their behavior and to conform.
B) school administration that serve to maintain inequality
C) one's economic position as affecting the quantity and quality of education
D) parents, teachers, and other interest groups in shaping schools.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

________ perspective emphasizes the roles of school administration that serve to maintain inequality.

A) class
B) postmodern
C) elite-managerial
D) pluralist

Question 5

Elite-managerial perspective examines:

A) the indoctrination of children as to control their behavior and to conform.
B) school administration that serve to maintain inequality
C) one's economic position as affecting the quantity and quality of education
D) parents, teachers, and other interest groups in shaping schools.

Question 6

_________ perspective emphasizes how one's economic position in society affects the quantity and quality of education.

A) class
B) postmodern
C) elite-managerial
D) pluralist

Question 7

Class perspective views:

A) the indoctrination of children as to control their behavior and to conform.
B) school administration that serve to maintain inequality
C) one's economic position as affecting the quantity and quality of education
D) parents, teachers, and other interest groups in shaping schools.

Question 8

Charter schools:

A) are part of the school choice movement.
B) are considered innovative educational opportunities.
C) are seeing a rapid increase.
D) all of the above.

Question 9

__________ are tuition-free, taxpayer supported, independently run public schools that operate under a contract with a specific mission.

A) Parochial schools
B) Public schools
C) Charter schools
D) High schools

Question 10

Opponents of charter schools argue:

A) charter schools might do better due to the way students are selected for membership.
B) charter schools are less efficient than traditional public education.
C) charter schools cost more per capita.
D) charter schools restrict choice for parents.

Question 11

Research by Cameron and Granados (2018), found that the United States has just over _____ guns per 100 people.

A) 40
B) 60
C) 80
D) 100

Question 12

Drawing on _________, most states in the U.S. refer to marriage as a contract or voluntary agreement between a man and a woman.

A) Defense of Marriage Act
B) Marriage Common Law Act
C) US Constitution
D) English common law tradition

Question 13

In 1996, President Clinton signed the_________, which declares that no state has to recognize a same-sex union from another state as legal.

A) Defense of Marriage Act
B) Marriage Common Law Act
C) US Constitution
D) English common law tradition

Question 14

In 2015, the US Supreme Court made gay marriage legal in all fifty states as a result of:

A) Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act.
B) Obergefell v. Hodges.
C) United States v. Windsor.
D) Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

Question 15

Which sociological theorist(s) argued: "the private narratives of illness tell a powerful story about the public issues of wealth, power, and status"?

A) Marx
B) Mills
C) Omi and Winant
D) Foucault

Question 16

__________ sees various pharmaceutical companies, medical lobbyists, physicians and doctor associations, and consumer advocates as representing various interests groups vying to influence policy.

A) pluralist
B) elite-managerial
C) class
D) institutionalist

Question 17

Which perspective would see the role of insurance companies as major inhibitors of health insurance reform due to their control of the "medical-industrial complex"?

A) pluralist
B) elite-managerial
C) class
D) institutionalist

Question 18

Which perspective sees the connection between politics and health care as a common list of central organizations (e.g., the American Medical Association and pharmaceutical companies) that make up various interest groups and that vie in the political arena to shape public policy?

A) pluralist
B) elite-managerial
C) class
D) institutionalist

Question 19

Pluralists views health care as:

A) a common list of central organizations that make up various interest groups and that vie in the political arena to shape public policy.
B) those individuals and organizations that maintain "professional dominance" (e.g., doctors over patients).
C) the role of the capitalist logic plays in shaping health care policies specifically as it relates to the dominant class interests.
D) the complex relationships between the state and the medical profession (e.g., the state's role in licensing medical professionals).

Question 20

Which perspective sees the connection between politics and health care as those individuals and organizations that maintain "professional dominance" (e.g., doctors over patients)?

A) pluralist
B) elite-managerial
C) class
D) rational choice

Question 21

Elite-managerial perspective views health care as:

A) a common list of central organizations that make up various interest groups and that vie in the political arena to shape public policy.
B) those individuals and organizations that maintain "professional dominance" (e.g., doctors over patients).
C) the role of the capitalist logic plays in shaping health care policies specifically as it relates to the dominant class interests.
D) how doctors use their scientific knowledge to calculate risks in the management of diseases and decide on treatments..

Question 22

Which perspective sees the connection between politics and health care as driven by capitalist logic and which shapes health care policies?

A) pluralist
B) elite-managerial
C) class
D) institutionalist

Question 23

Class perspective examines:

A) a common list of central organizations that make up various interest groups and that vie in the political arena to shape public policy.
B) those individuals and organizations that maintain "professional dominance" (e.g., doctors over patients).
C) the role of the capitalist logic plays in shaping health care policies specifically as it relates to the dominant class interests.
D) the complex relationships between the state and the medical profession (e.g., the state's role in licensing medical professionals).

Question 24

Which perspective sees the connection between politics and health care as knowledge as power that is dominated and controlled by the medical profession and not necessarily benefitting patients or society?

A) postmodern
B) rational choice
C) institutionalist
D) postmaterialism

Question 25

Postmodern perspectives view:

A) knowledge as power dominated and controlled by the medical profession, not necessarily benefitting patients or society.
B) how doctors use their scientific knowledge to calculate risks in the management of diseases and decide on treatments.
C) the role of the capitalist logic plays in shaping health care policies specifically as it relates to the dominant class interests.
D) the complex relationships between the state and the medical profession (e.g., the state's role in licensing medical professionals).

Question 26

Which perspective sees the connection between politics and health care as how doctors use their scientific knowledge to calculate risks in the management of diseases and decide on treatments?

A) postmodern
B) rational choice
C) institutionalist
D) postmaterialism

Question 27

Rational choice theories examine:

A) knowledge as power dominated and controlled by the medical profession.
B) how doctors use their scientific knowledge to calculate risks in the management of diseases and decide on treatments.
C) the role of the capitalist logic plays in shaping health care policies specifically as it relates to the dominant class interests.
D) the complex relationships between the state and the medical profession (e.g., the state's role in licensing medical professionals).

Question 28

Which perspective sees the connection between politics and health care as the complex relationships between the state and the medical profession (e.g., the state's role in licensing medical professionals)?

A) pluralist
B) rational choice
C) class
D) institutionalist

Question 29

Which perspective would be most likely to examine the profits captured by those control the "medical-industrial complex"?

A) pluralist
B) elite-managerial
C) class
D) institutionalist

Question 30

The US healthcare system is different from other rich democracies in the following way:

A) no centralized budget control through compulsory contributions from employers and individuals.
B) allowing supplementation of private insurance with government subsidies.
C) a very large private insurance market and smaller national health insurance program.
D) all of the above.

Question 31

Wilensky (2009) argues the US health care system is unique due to all of the following except:

A) governmental subsidies that undermine the free market health care system.
B) a fragmented and decentralized health care system.
C) American values associated with free enterprise, individualism, and too much governmental involvement
D) public policy historically focused on technologically intensive health care.

Question 32

Particularly in light of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, civil liberties often becomes pitted against ___________.

A) national security
B) freedom
C) equality
D) discrimination

Question 33

Policies such as Jim Crow laws and Naturalization Laws are examples of a ___________.

A) racial state
B) nation-state
C) affirmative action policies
D) color-blind policies

Question 34

_________ refer to ignoring the effects of past discrimination thereby safeguarding white privilege.

A) racial state
B) nation-state
C) affirmative action policies
D) color-blind policies

Question 35

In the 2015 Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the Ferguson Police Department, the DOJ report concluded the police department's approach to law enforcement reflected and reinforced:

A) racial state
B) racial bias
C) racial discrimination
D) color-blind policies

Question 36

Which of the following countries is not on the Trump Administration travel ban?

A) Somalia
B) Yemen
C) Iran
D) Iraq

Question 37

Compulsory education and greater educational opportunities have been found to increase cognitive skills to understand politics and increase political participation.

Question 38

Due in part to property taxes, neighborhood and social class form part of the educational opportunities in a school district.

Question 39

Rational choice theorists focus on the interaction among local school board and state and federal governments and how different levels of government make decisions about educational policies.

Question 40

The US Federal Government spends the more on k-12 public education than either state or local governments.

Question 41

The Washington Post found that the Federal government does not systematically track school shootings.

Question 42

Public opinion surveys of Americans suggest a majority opposition to civil liberties for gay and lesbian couples including Social Security survivor benefits, health insurance, and inheritance rights.

Question 43

In 2015, the US Supreme Court made gay marriage legal in all fifty states as a result of United States v. Windsor.

Question 44

Postmodernist would be most likely to argue that patients follow the knowledgeable doctor's recommendation.

Question 45

Pew Research Center found that currently a majority of Americans supported the passage of ACA.

Question 46

Pew Research Center found that Americans are divided on issues of national security and civil liberties.

Question 47

Throughout the vast majority of American history, many different state institutions enforced many racial policies (e.g., Jim Crow laws and Naturalization Laws).

Question 48

According the logic behind the racial state hypothesis, if the state were not racist, it wouldn't need policies such as the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Question 49

The polarizing nature of immigration in the United States is a new feature of American politics.

Question 50

According to a Pew Research Center survey, public opinion seems to favor undocumented immigrants being given the possibility of attaining of citizenship as well as favoring restricting further immigration into the country.

Question 51

Schools located in more __________ communities tend to have more coercive authority structures such as rule following and behavioral control.

Question 52

__________ are tuition-free, taxpayer supported, independently run public schools that operate under a contract with a specific mission.

Question 53

According to English common law tradition and in most states in the U.S. _________refers to a contract or voluntary agreement between a man and a woman.

Question 54

_________ perspective would focus on the diverse types of families and that families and marriage promote balance, political order, and harmony in society.

Question 55

_________ and _________ theorists are particularly interested in how families pass down social inequality from one generation to the next.

Question 56

In 1996, President Clinton signed the_________, which declares that no state has to recognize a same-sex union from another state as legal.

Question 57

In 2015, the US Supreme Court made gay marriage legal in all fifty states as a result of_________.

Question 58

__________ sees various pharmaceutical companies, medical lobbyists, physicians and doctor associations, and consumer advocates as representing various interests groups vying to influence policy.

Question 59

__________ would be most likely to point out the relationship between the state, the medical profession, and bureaucratic organizations in things like licensing of doctors or malpractice suits.

Question 60

Many consider the ___________ the most important health-care reform in the United States in more than 40 years.

Question 61

________ refers to the issues relating to freedom of expression, due process, restrictions on government surveillance, and the discrimination against minority groups

Question 62

According to Omi and Winant, ________ refers to when in a racialized society the state enforces various rules and regulations of a society and because these rules and regulations emerge from social relations, then state institutions are racial institutions.

Question 63

__________ refer to ignoring the effects of past discrimination thereby safeguarding white privilege.

Question 64

In what ways have anti-same-sex marriage legislation limited the rights for gay and lesbian couples?

Question 65

Despite a majority support for civil liberties for gay and lesbian couples, Americans are still deeply divided on same-sex marriage. Describe the arguments made by both those who support same-sex marriage and those who oppose same-sex marriage.

Question 66

Using the Affordable Care Act of 2010, consider how a political decision such as this will affect everyday experiences of citizens across the nation.

Question 67

In what ways does the U.S. health care system have its own "unique" flair? Consider the unique traits of health care in the U.S. identified by the authors.

Question 68

Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Americans have fiercely debated civil liberties in light of greater national security. Briefly describe this debate. Then describe those in favor of limiting civil liberties and describe those in favor of maintaining civil liberties.

Question 69

How does the US Census reflect how racial identities have changed overtime in the U.S.?

Question 70

In what ways do environmental and natural disasters shed light on the connection between politics and race?

Question 71

In what ways does immigration shed light on the connection between politics and race?

Question 72

In what ways is immigration beneficial to a society? In what ways does it create strain on society?

Question 73

How are race, sports, and politics connected?

Question 74

In Consider federal legislation "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" of 2010 signed by President Obama. Consider how political decisions such as these will affect everyday experiences of citizens across the nation.

Question 75

Think about your own experience with the various social institutions discussed in this chapter: education, family/marriage, health care, and race/ethnicity. How have these various social institutions shaped the person you are today?