Author Question: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of what Karl Polanyi calls the great transformation? ... (Read 59 times)

SGallaher96 · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of what Karl Polanyi calls the great transformation?

a. Displaced from the land, rural people began to sell their labor for wages.
b. Relationships based on ascribed statuses were replaced with relationships based on contracts.
c. The family was replaced by the business firm as the dominant economic institution.
d. Stratification systems became more rigid.

Question 2

Which of the following is a long-term structural change experienced by the United States as a result of war or the preparation of war?

a. decentralization of social institutions
b. decreased power of military institutions
c. growth in power and influence of the national government
d. stagnation in the development of universities