What kind of process is urbanisation described as?
Correct answer B. Cyclical
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Which sociological perspective argues that schools in the United States encourage competition through built-in systems of rewards and punishments?
Correct answer B. Conflict perspective
Which social problems can urbanisation cause?
Correct answer D. All of the above
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Which sociological perspective stresses that a society could not function if large numbers of people ignored the standards of acceptable behaviour?
Correct answer C. Functionalist perspective
In which of these countries is urbanisation most advanced?
Correct answer A. Japan
The ‘model minority’ stereotype of Asian Americans implicitly criticises Black, Hispanic and other groups for not succeeding to the same degree. Which sociological perspective would see this as another case of blaming the victim?
Correct answer C. Conflict perspective
According to Manuel Castells, which of the following counts as a world city?
Correct answer A. Frankfurt
What does the term ‘urban recycling’ refer to?
Correct answer D. The refurbishment or replacement of old buildings and land
Which of these thinkers is the odd one out?
Correct answer D. Antonio Gramsci
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North America and Europe hold under 12% of the world’s population. Roughly what share of global private consumption do they account for?
Correct answer B. 60%
Which of these is NOT a mode of production in Marxist terms?
Correct answer D. Liberalism
Historically, what kind of population growth rate did Pakistan have?
Correct answer C. High
Which problem was Talcott Parsons’ structural functionalism mainly trying to solve?
Correct answer C. The problem of social order
With an urbanisation level of about 32%, how did Pakistan rank among SAARC countries?
Correct answer B. Highest
Which of these perspectives is NOT normally grouped under interactionism?
Correct answer B. Feminism
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Which of these is NOT an example of a manufactured risk?
Correct answer D. Volcanic eruptions
What makes feminist perspectives distinctive within sociology?
Correct answer A. They emphasize the centrality of gender in social analysis
Which of the following concepts does Michel Foucault’s work deal with?
Correct answer D. All of these
Which of these is NOT one of the defining features of a global city in Saskia Sassen’s analysis?
Correct answer A. They are visited by large numbers of tourists from across the world
Which of the following statements is NOT one of the main criticisms that postcolonial thinkers make of mainstream sociology?
Correct answer C. The sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing