Exam 13: Change Through Policy and the Law

Big Bear was forced into a residential school by the Canadian government. Later, his family received an apology and some money. What type of reparations are these?

The quality of the interconnections between values, norms, institutions, and associations, or ______, predicts the level of voter participation.

What type of social program is given to everyone?

How are education and the number of confidants related?

Reparations only take the form of money.

If a country uses taxes paid by the wealthy to fund programs for the poor, what is the net effect?

Social change is often controversial and uncertain.

How do states support the needs of capitalists, according to the economic perspective of statehood?

Why do online friends not count as confidants?

According to the General Social Survey, what is happening to the number of people considered our discussion partners for important issues?

What is one way change can occur through state institutions?

State-run efforts to make up for systematic discrimination or human rights violations are known as ______ programs.

Compare and contrast the managerial, militaristic, and economic perspectives on the emergence of the state.

Ilinka is a single mother of two children who uses public assistance to make sure she can feed her family. Which service do her food stamps illustrate?

Countries with the highest GDP also spend the most on social services.

The rate of voter turnout in the United States has been fairly consistent since the early 1900s.

What is the primary way citizens influence and interact with government?

What type of social change resulted from the printing press, and later with the introduction of the Internet?

Several states have passed laws to legalize marijuana for medical and recreational uses. This is an example of a(n) ______ social change.

Japanese-Americans who were put in internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II eventually received $20,000 in reparations because their human rights were violated. What type of reparations are these?