Exam 6: The Community in the Postmodern Era

According to the text, our position in the social stratification system is the most important force in determining our networks.

The media and the public have generally agreed that our modern, urban way of life enhances traditional values.

The text concludes that the strength of social networks in the postmodern world is freedom and flexibility.

__________ capitalism evolved during the eighteen and nineteenth centuries and is linked to steam-driven machinery.

In the past, locally owned banks, markets, pharmacies, funeral homes, churches, bars, and restaurants provided the social fabric upon which community was formed. Lofland referred to these relationships as

Wellman's analysis determined that most of the participants in his study fell into one of four personal community types. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Claude Fischer tested three assumptions of the decline of community theory. Detail these three assumptions and describe what Fischer found.

The term __________ refers to the process by which one part of a society grows behind other parts during periods of rapid social change.

According to the text's discussion of what we know about the community at the beginning of the twenty-first century,

The text observes that cities create the critical mass necessary for the birth of subcultures, but they do not provide the conditions necessary for subcultures to become a world unto themselves.

Explain David Harvey's position on postmodernism.

Traditionally, __________ described the experiences of missionaries, Peace Corps volunteers, and travelers entering a strange, alien culture for the first time.

__________ capitalism evolved in the second half of the twentieth century and is associated with nuclear power and the computer.

Sociologists who believe in community ___________ argue that our images of the community are highly romanticized.

Sociologists who believe in community __________ argue that community has not withered away but merely changed in response to the forces of globalization.

The text observes that we are not totally free to choose our network and our alternatives are limited by society. This notion reflects the __________ model.

From a postmodernist perspective, which of the following words does NOT describe the economy?

In some detail, outline Wellman's community typology.

Sociologists who believe in community __________ argue that the profound economic, social, and technological changes wrought by globalization have destroyed community and created isolated and fragmented individuals.

Which of the following is NOT a postmodernist description of the human condition?