Emma Is Hoping to Secure an Internship with an Engineering

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Multiple Choice

Emma is hoping to secure an internship with an engineering firm this summer.She's talked with friends and family,but they have not been able to provide her with any helpful contacts.Emma runs into her former aerobics instructor,whom she hasn't seen in several years,and her instructor offers to put her in contact with an engineering friend of hers.This is an example of what concept?

• A) strength of weak ties
• B) embeddedness
• C) libertarian municipalism
• D) social climbing

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Definitions:

Agrarian Society

A community or society that relies primarily on agriculture and farming for its economic base and way of life.

States' Rights

States' rights is the principle or belief in the U.S. that states possess certain rights and political powers independent of, and sometimes in opposition to, the federal government.

Individualism

The moral, political, and social philosophy that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual, advocating for freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control.