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The systematic widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants are called ?

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The systematic widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants are called ?

A. deindustrialization
B. downsizing
C. post industrialization
D. “banana time”

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Which sociological perspective points out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system ?

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Which sociological perspective points out that while pure monopolies are not a basic element of the economy of the United States competition is much more restricted than one might expect in what is called a free enterprise system ?

A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. labeling theory

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Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ?

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Which of these key early figures in sociology had an interest in issues of labor and the economy ?

A. Karl Marx
B. Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim
C. Karl Marx and Max Weber
D. All three of them

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Which statement below most accurately describes the global unemployment rate ?

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Which statement below most accurately describes the global unemployment rate ?

A. the unemployment rate has decreased significantly since the 1970s
B. the unemployment rate remains historically low
C. the unemployment rate remains historically high
D. the unemployment rate in not known

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In the developed countries more people are employed in the service sector than manufacturing with a tiny percentage working in agriculture Globally which sector now employs the fewest people ?

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In the developed countries more people are employed in the service sector than manufacturing with a tiny percentage working in agriculture Globally which sector now employs the fewest people ?

A. services
B. industrial manufacture
C. agriculture
D. none of the above

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What is the concept used by Karl Marx to explain workers loss of control over their labor power in capitalist societies ?

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What is the concept used by Karl Marx to explain workers loss of control over their labor power in capitalist societies ?

A. anomie
B. pauperization
C. de-skilling
D. alienation

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By the year 2020 it is projected that less than 2 percent of the entire global labor force will be engaged in ?

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By the year 2020 it is projected that less than 2 percent of the entire global labor force will be engaged in ?

A. farming
B. service jobs
C. factory work
D. high-tech jobs

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While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of ?

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While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of ?

A. women
B. racial minorities
C. ethnic minorities
D. all of the above

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