Gender inequalities that are perpetuated in bureaucracies:

Gender inequalities that are perpetuated in bureaucracies:
 
  a. indirectly benefit white women and people of color.
 b. can negatively impact white women and people of color when they are underrepresented within an organization.
 c. make it easier for white women and people of color to be promoted to better paying jobs.
 d. have the same impact on all workers regardless of gender or race/ethnicity.

Question 2

Sociologist Joe Feagin distinguishes four different categories of discrimination. He uses the term __________ for harmful action intentionally taken by a dominant-group member against a member of a subordinate group, with or without the support of other members of the dominant group in the same social context.
 
  a. indirect institutionalized discrimination
 b. isolate discrimination
 c. direct institutionalized discrimination
 d. small-group discrimination

Question 3

Today, there are an estimated_____million Jews worldwide; however, the majority reside in the United States, Israel, France, and Russia.
 
  a. 12
  b. 14
  c. 24
  d. 30

Question 4

Because of the assumed relationship between size and importance, officials tend to press for larger budgets and more staff and office space. To justify growth, administrators and managers must come up with more tasks for workers to perform. This is an example of what type of problem associated with bureaucracies?
 
  a. Inefficiency and rigidity b. Trained incapacity
 c. Bureaucratic personality d. Resistance to change

Question 5

A bank consistently denies loans to people of color. This is an example of __________ discrimination.
 
  a. marginal
 b. institutional
 c. uniform
 d. individual

Question 6

The best estimates place the number of followers of Confucianism at about __________ million worldwide.
 
  a. 2
  b. 4
  c. 6
  d. 8

Question 7

_____used the term trained incapacity to characterize which workers have become so highly specialized, or have been given such fragmented jobs to do, that they are unable to come up with creative solutions to problems.
 
  a. Robert Merton
  b. Michael Murphy
  c. Karl Marx
  d. Thorstein Veblen

Question 8

__________ discrimination consists of the day-to-day practices of organizations and institutions that have a harmful impact on members of subordinate groups.
 
  a. Individual
 b. Marginal
 c. Institutional
 d. Uniform