In the United States and Europe, where there are mixed economies with both public and private sectors,
a. the state cannot diminish inequality by setting wages.
b. the state can diminish inequality by setting wages.
c. income inequality is controlled primarily by the public sector.
d. income inequality is gradually disappearing.
Question 2Mills shows that the political, economic, and military elites in America
a. are ineffective in controlling society.
b. overlap and know each other well.
c. have different interests and constantly compete for power.
d. are controlled by an international economic elite.
Question 3To the individual who uses a stereotype, the stereotype is
a. unimportant compared to other categories the individual accepts.
b. especially important compared to other categories the individual accepts.
c. equally important to other categories the individual accepts.
d. used only when he or she combines it with other stereotypes.
Question 4According to the income inequality table in Russell's article, Inequality in Europe and the United States, income inequality in the United States is _________ income inequality in Western Europe.
a. much lower than
b. slightly lower than
c. about the same as
d. higher than
Question 5C. Wright Mills in The Power Elite described power in America in the hands of
a. the charismatic, traditional, and legal-rational authority.
b. the owners of the means of production.
c. the wealthy.
d. a political, economic, and military elite.
Question 6Sociology developed
a. as a reaction to science, as a criticism of it.
b. first as a philosophy, then slowly evolved into a scientific outlook.
c. as a science from the beginning--it was inspired by the other sciences.
d. because religious leaders were interested in defending religious understandings.