The major difference between Mills' power elite thesis and Marx's theory of class conflict is that ...

The major difference between Mills' power elite thesis and Marx's theory of class conflict is that Mills believed that:
 
  a. class conflict was relatively unimportant in industrial society
  b. revolutionary change was not possible in American society
  c. the upper class would eventually give up power to the working class
  d. the working class could not win power without joining forces with the middle class

Question 2

Organized crime is most often associated with all of the following deviant behaviors EXCEPT
 
  a. prostitution
  b. drug use
  c. homosexuality
  d. gambling

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an element of the power elite model?
 
  a. Elections are ineffective in changing the basic structure of society.
  b. Elite groups compete with one another for power and may form coalitions in order to maintain their dominant position.
  c. The power elite tolerates democratic institutions because it can control them.
  d. The three major elites consist of leaders from the military, government, and industry.

Question 4

Which of the following does not apply to high school shooters?
 
  a. they are excluded from the school's peer groups
  b. they are all boys
  c. they have status within the school's social groups
  d. they have a history of cruelty, particularly to animals

Question 5

Which of the following theories states that the most powerful members of a society's major institutions form a tightly knit network of decision makers who control the mass of citizens?
 
  a. democratic theory
  b. functionalist theory
  c. pluralist theory
  d. power elite theory

Question 6

Deviant subcultures are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. pursuing values outside those of the larger culture.
  b. lifestyles opposed to the dominant culture.
  c. not having friends and family outside the subculture.
  d. having a language and rituals unique to the group.

Question 7

Which of the following maintains that political decisions are controlled by rich and powerful individuals even in societies with democratic institutions?
 
  a. the ecological model
  b. the functional model
  c. the pluralist model
  d. the power elite model

Question 8

Much of the study of social deviance focuses on:
 
  a. crime
  b. eccentricity
  c. membership in disvalued groups
  d. mental illness