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a. Happiness
b. Interdependence c. Revolution
d. Symbolism
19. Which sociologist is not associated with conflict theory?
a. C. Wright Mills
b. G. William Domhoff
c. Karl Marx
d. George H. Mead
20. Karl Marx believed social structures evolve through:
a. supply and demand
b. enlightenment
c. conflict
d. cooperation
21. The Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street protests, and the Tea Party movement have the following in common:
a. They sought to destroy central government.
b. They are examples of conflict theory in action.
c. They can only occur in a representative democracy.
d. They used violence as the means of achieving their goals.
22. Which is not one of functionalism’s four main purposes of government?
a. Maintaining law and order
b. Meeting social needs
c. Equally distributing resources
d. Planning and directing society
23. Sociologist G. William Domhoff’s Who Rules America? asserts that wealth is often necessary to exert the most influence over social and political systems. This is a ____ perspective.
a. conflict theory
b. symbolic interactionist
c. functionalist
d. feminist
24. Which of the following paradigms would consider movements such as Occupy Wall Street undesirable and unnecessarily forcing social change?
a. Symbolic interactionism
b. Functionalism
c. Feminism
d. Conflict theory
Short Answer
17.1 Power and Authority
1. Explain why leaders as divergent as Hitler and Jesus Christ are both categorized as charismatic authorities.
2. Why do people accept traditional authority figures even though these types of leaders have limited means of enforcing
their power?
3. Charismatic leaders are among the most fascinating figures in history. Select a charismatic leader about whom you wish to learn more and conduct online research to find out about this individual. Then write a paragraph describing the personal qualities that led to this person’s influence, considering the society in which he or she emerged.
17.2 Forms of Government
4. Do you feel the United States has become an oligarchy? Why, or why not? 5. Explain how an absolute monarchy differs from a dictatorship.
6. In which form of government do average citizens have the least political power? What options might they have for exerting political power under this type of regime?
17.3 Politics in the United States