Types of societies

Question 1

Identify and describe the five different types of societies that exist in the world today. Explain the evolution of one society from another to differentiate the types of societies. In other words, how do societies evolve from one type to the next?

Question 2

Define these four different types of government: monarchy, democracy, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism. Differentiate between the level of freedom and level of citizen participation among these different types of government. Discuss the impact of each government on its citizens. Trace the participation of different citizen groups through time. How has a lack of freedom impacted citizens living under different governments in the past and present?

Question 3

Explain the ways that the functionalist, conflict, and social interactionist theories within sociology might view education. Provide a real-life example that supports each theory.

Question 4

Define the economic models of socialism and free enterprise. Differentiate between these two models and how they impact society. How are societies that use the two economic models different?

Question 5

Based on the trends in data on American families from 1970 to 2000, a sociologist states that they anticipate a 15 percent decrease in nuclear families by 2030. Given the decrease in nuclear families depicted on the graph, do you think the sociologist is correct? Why or why not? Use this sociologists mathematical reasoning to analyze the trends in American society regarding family life, estimating the increase in singles and other family structures by 2030. (File attached)