Resource mobilization theory stresses:
a. the need for social movements to secure a resource base
b. the calculation of the rewards vs. costs of engaging in a social movement
c. the emergence of norms in crowds leading to a social movement
d. a and b above
e. none of the above
Question 2Although Title IX outlawed sex discrimination in school athletics, studies show that discrimination is pervasive.
a. true
b. false
Question 3Hochschild and Machung note that since the latter half of the 20th century, women's tasks at home have
a. become more complex.
b. stayed about the same.
c. been reduced.
Question 4The term feminization of poverty refers to the fact that adult women's chances of living in poverty are still higher than men's at every age.
a. true
b. false
Question 5Your authors call bureaucracy
a. an organizational miasma.
b. social technology.
c. the epitome of social order.
d. a profane institution.
Question 6Head Start, the federally funded preschool program for low-income children,
a. is attended by almost all eligible children in New York City.
b. is attended by about half of eligible children in New York City.
c. is attended by relatively few eligible children in New York City.
Question 7Androgyny refers to the integration of traditional feminine and masculine characteristics into the same individual.
a. true
b. false
Question 8New York's state-funded Universal Pre-K preschool program
a. is attended by most, but not all, of New York's preschool aged children.
b. gives priority to children from low-income families.
c. provides full-day programs in the academic skills needed to succeed in school.
d. is attended by only about a quarter of New York's preschool aged children.
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