Based on the sociologist Erik Wright's Marxian model, the __________ class is made up of skilled blue-collar workers, which include electricians, plumbers, and carpenters, and unskilled blue-collar workers, which include janitors and gardeners.
a. working
b. managerial
c. small-business
d. capitalist
Question 2A central tenet of the 2010 health care reform bill in the United States is __________.
a. deregulation of medical doctors and services provided
b. fee-for-service payments
c. affordable insurance through a new insurance marketplace
d. a single-payer nationalized health care system
Question 3In ____________feminism, race, class, and gender are forces that simultaneously oppress African American women.
a. multicultural
b. liberal
c. socialist
d. radical
Question 4According to the sociologist Erik Wright's Marxian model, the __________ class is made up of a number of subgroups, one of which is blue-collar workers, some of whom are highly skilled and well paid and others of whom are unskilled and poorly paid.
a. small-business
b. capitalist
c. working
d. managerial
Question 5After a lengthy political battle, a health care reform bill was signed into law in the United States in 2010 . The name of the bill is the __________.
a. Obama Health Care Reform Bill
b. Affordable Care Act
c. U.S. Health Maintenance Act
d. Patient Right to Health Care Bill
Question 6A woman argues that the only way to achieve gender equality is to eliminate capitalism and develop an economy that would bring equal pay and equal rights to women. This argument reflects:
a. multicultural feminism.
b. socialist feminism.
c. radical feminism.
d. liberal feminism.
Question 7According to the sociologist Erik Wright's Marxian model, the __________ class consists of selfemployed individuals and craftspeople that may hire a small number of employees but largely do their own work.
a. capitalist
b. working
c. managerial
d. small-business
Question 8Until recently, the only high-income nation without some form of universal health coverage for all citizens was __________.
a. New Zealand
b. Sweden
c. the United States
d. Japan