According to Value-Conflict Theory,a Common Approach to Solving Social Problems

question 24

Multiple Choice

According to value-conflict theory,a common approach to solving social problems involves __________.

• A)strengthening the police so that they may detect more crime and punish wrongdoers
• B)finding ways to facilitate negotiation and compromise between and among groups
• C)altering the ways that prisons rehabilitate prisoners
• D)finding ways to radically restructure social institutions
• E)altering the basic values of society

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Definitions:

Categorical Grant

Financial grants given by the federal government to state and local governments for specific purposes, often with strict conditions attached.

New Deal

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States during the 1930s, in response to the Great Depression.

Marble Cake Federalism

A model of federalism where government functions and responsibilities are intermixed among the national, state, and local governments, in contrast to clearly divided layers or levels.

Intergovernmental Cooperation

The process and practice of different levels of government (local, regional, national) working together to solve problems and implement policies.