Exam 8: Class and Stratification in the United States

For functionalists,the class structure is the result of production process.

Analyze the legitimacy of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore's functionalist perspective on social inequality in the United States.

Individuals that are poor,seldom employed,and caught in long-term deprivation that results from low levels of education and income and high rates of unemployment are part of the:

Sociologist Karl Marx acknowledged that classes may have:

Sociologists often use the term______________to refer to a combined measure that attempts to classify individuals,families,or households in terms of factors such as income,occupation,and education to determine class location.

Utilizing sociologists Dennis Gilbert's model of the United States class system,locate where your parents are on the ladder and discuss.

Sociologist Dennis Gilbert compares the distribution of income to a national pie that has been sliced into portions.In 2008,the poorest 20 percent of households received approximately of the total income pie.

Sociologist Dennis Gilbert compares the distribution of income to a national pie that has been sliced into portions.In 2008,the wealthiest 20 percent of households received almost________________________________________________________________________________________________________________percent of the total income pie.

About______________percent of the U.S.population are members of the upper-middle class.

In 2011______________households had the lowest median income ($32,229),as compared with households,which had the highest median ($65,129).

Lisa believes that inequality is actually a good thing and necessary for a society to run smoothly.She believes that inequality and differential rewards motivates people to compete for jobs and do the work that needs to be done in any working society.______________Lisa is a______________theorist.

Discuss sociologist Erik Wright's Marxian Model of the U.S.class structure.

Describe the ways that SES has shaped the life choices of members of your own family.

According to your text,all of the following are factors that have eroded the American Dream for the middle class EXCEPT:

Relatively low-paying,non-manual,semiskilled positions primarily held by women,such as day care workers,checkout clerks,cashiers,and waitpersons are referred to as:

Sociologist Karl Marx stated that capitalistic societies consist of two classes-the proletariat class that consists of those who own the means of production and the bourgeoisie class that consists of those who must sell their labor to the owners in order to earn enough money to survive.

Lack of affordable housing is one central problem brought about by economic inequality.Another concern is substandard housing,which refers to facilities that have inadequate heating,air conditioning,plumbing,electricity,or structural durability.

______________ focus on microlevel concerns and usually do not analyze larger structural factors that contribute to inequality and poverty.

According to Weber,bureaucracies hold social power in modern societies;individual power depends on a person's______________within the bureaucracy.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why social inequality may increase in the United States in the twenty-first century?