A person advocating the interventionist approach toward formulating social policies is most likely to believe that ________.
a. the unfettered operation of impersonal economic forces can provide equity and justice for all
b. the government should become the forum in which various groups exercise what influence they have to gain a share of resources
c. people's definitions of situations serve as mechanisms of social control
d. an issue is turned into a social problem when it threatens the interests of some group and that group is in a position to do something about it
Question 2
Research on gun control in the U.S. has shown that ________.
a. it is particularly effective in preventing collective violence
b. it is only effective in reducing the overall amount of violence in society
c. it has a very modest impact on the amount of violence in society
d. it is effective in reducing people's tolerance toward public dissent