Marx calls the society within we live bourgeois society, a society that has made class conflict
a. more simplified than earlier societies: a conflict between two basic classes.
b. more simplified than earlier societies: a conflict between five basic classes.
c. more complex than before: a conflict between five basic classes.
d. more complex than before: a conflict between agricultural and industrial class systems.
Question 2Identify which of the following is not evidence of the difficulties associated with industrialization.
a. Work in factories is sometimes difficult, often tedious, and usually boring.
b. There is always the threat of lowered productivity and worker unrest.
c. Workers exploit employers by gaining education and training at their expense and then moving on.
d. Owners use various tactics to counteract potential problems and maintain high productivity.
Question 3________ refers to increasing worker efficiency by breaking down work into very specialized tasks, standardization of tools and procedures, and speeding up repetitive work.
a. Hierarchical control
b. Scientific management
c. Technical control
d. None of the above
Question 4The scientific management of work is referred to as ________.
a. Taylorization
b. mechanization
c. bureaucratization
d. industrial efficiency
Question 5A ________ refers to the situation when four or fewer firms supply 50 percent or more of a particular market.
a. shared monopoly
b. contradiction of capitalism
c. unanticipated consequence
d. None of the above
Question 6The women discussed in Eden and Kefalas' article What Marriage Means, typically wanted
a. the husband to be the main source of financial support.
b. financial stability before marriage.
c. to wait for children until after marriage.
d. a, b, and c are all correct.
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