Chapter 11
In which century did the industrial revolution begin?
1700s
Which changes are associated with the industrial revolution?
A significant population boom
An association of workers who organize to improve their economic status and workin*conditions is called
A union
Advertising, engineering, marketing, product design, and web design are all examples of:
knowledge work
The economic system based on collective ownership of the means of production and collective distribution of goods and services is called
socialism
What serious social problem might be made worse if more people were encouraged to telecommute?
alienation and loneliness
Which of the following is among the benefits of telecommuting?
Businesses get increased productivity and fewer sick days
Corporations with decision- making, production, and distribution operations spread all over the world are characteristics of
Deep integration
Why would a company outsource or contract out labor it might otherwise employ its own staff to perform?
It is cheaper
What is it an example of when liquor stores in the United States import wine made entirely from French grapes and bottled in France or beer brewed from grain and hops grown in Holland?
Shallow integration
What is it called when nations compete to attract transnational corporations by undercutting their citizens' wages or offering tax incentives?
The race to the bottom
What new technology helped to bring about the industrial revolution?
The steam engine
"Rogue" agencies posting information on Twitter to make it available to the public is an example of individual resistance to bureaucratic organizations
True
Why did so many people feel dissatisfied working on assembly lines?
Workers never had the satisfaction of seeing the finished product
How has union membership changed in recent years?
membership has steeply declined
What change caused people to migrate into cities from rural areas?
the switch to a manufacturing economy
In a capitalist system, what do workers have available to sell?
their own labor
How are strikes different from acts of resistance like daydreaming on the job?
they are collective