Sociology MCQs

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Which concept has the work of Robert Putnam helped to popularize in the social sciences ?


acultural capital

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beconomic capital

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csocial capital

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dsymbolic capital

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View Answer social capital

Paul du Gay’s (2000) In Praise of Bureaucracy makes two important points in defense of bureaucratic forms of organization Which two points are they? A bureaucratic ethos ?


ais compatible with private sector values and includes impartial and equal treatment for all

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bensures administrative responsibility for the public interest and includes impartial and equal treatment for all

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censures that politicians goals can be met even against opposition and ensures administrative responsibility for the public interest

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dis compatible with private sector values and ensures that politicians goals can be met even against opposition

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De Gournay coined the phrase an illness of bureau mania to describe ?


athe chaos of informal organizations

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bthe compulsion to work in offices

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cthe developing power of officials

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dpoliticians abuse of power and influence

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Which one of these would not be regarded as a dysfunction of bureaucracy according to Merton ?


athe rules could be upheld at all cost even in the face of a better solution

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bpeople know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment

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cadherence to the rules takes precedence over organizational goals

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dworkers are not encouraged to be flexible in making decisions

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Who is most closely associated with the view that the equal and impartial treatment of each case is a strength of bureaucracies ?


aMichel Foucault

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bPaul Gay

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cZygmunt Bauman

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dRobert Michels

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View Answer Paul Gay

The iron law of oligarchy refers to_____________?


aregimes that use repression against their population

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bthe exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics

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cthe tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top

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dthe legal system of the former communist countries

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Which of these is a feature of the Japanese style of management arrangements ?


amerging of work and private lives

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b job security

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cgroup-oriented production

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dall of the above

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View Answer all of the above

Which of these is not a feature of an ideal type bureaucracy according to Weber ?


aa clear-cut hierarchy of authority

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bco-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate

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cfixed salaries associated with each role

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dwritten rules governing conduct

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__________ groups often emerge in the workplace among those who share special understandings about their occupation ?


aprimary

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bsecondary

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cout-groups

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dformal organizations

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View Answer secondary

The purpose of a reference group is to serve a(n) ?


anormative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief

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bcomparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and other

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celimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose

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dboth a and b

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View Answer both a and b

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