The largest and most comprehensive welfare states in Europe are found in
a. Eastern Europe
b. northern Europe (i.e., Scandinavia and the Netherlands)
c. southern Europe
d. central Europe
Question 2What year saw the largest increase in poverty level since the federal government started tracking it?
a. 2007
b. 2008
c. 2009
d. 2010
Question 3Joel Best notes that the __________ approach statistics thoughtfully, attempting to evaluate numbers, to distinguish between good statistics and bad statistics.
a. Awestruck
b. Nave
c. Cynical
d. Critical
Question 4When surveyed just after a child's birth, _______ in ten unmarried parents say they are still together.
a. one
b. three
c. six
d. eight
Question 5Following Rueschemeyer, Stephens, and Stephens, Sanderson and Alderson argue that democracy emerged in large part as the result of one of the fundamental contradictions of capitalism. By this they mean that
a. parliamentary democracy is necessary for capitalism to flourish, but capitalism is
not necessary for parliamentary democracy to flourish
b. parliamentary democracy is necessary for capitalism to flourish, but the inherent
tendencies toward crisis in capitalism make democracy impossible to sustain
c. capitalist development creates a working class which is able, in turn, to use its
strengths to advance its own interests against the interests of capitalists
Question 6Globalization appears to have:
a. exported higher-paying manufacturing jobs
b. exported some white collar jobs
c. imported new white collar jobs
d. imported new manufacturing jobs
e. a and b above
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