Exam 8: Social Stratification

What percentage of Canadians owes more than they own?

Figure 8.2 in the textbook shows the average annual earnings by distance up the CN Tower.How far up the CN Tower would the "average"-earning workers be located?

The proletariat does physical,factory labour in capitalist societies.

Garrett is interested in working at a large multinational manufacturing company. His uncle knows the family who owns the company,so Garrett asks his uncle if he can help get him an interview.What is Garrett making use of in asking his uncle?

The ability to tastefully use language and images,and impress,influence,and persuade others is known as social capital.

According to culture-of-poverty reasoning,which of the following causes poverty?

Which of the following terms is used by neo-Marxists today to refer to the class of supervisors and managers who take direction from the owners and give direction to the workers?

Discuss the views of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore on social stratification,making a case for agreement or disagreement with them.

Differentiate between and discuss inequality of wealth and inequality of income.

Which fictional character does the textbook suggest that the welfare state should be likened to?

Fifty-eight-year-old Maryann lost her job last year and has been unable to find any other job because employers feel she is too old to hire and train.She has no family to assist her and is worried because her meagre savings are nearly depleted.What is one common outcome of this situation?

Yuri has been feeling increasingly resentful at the long hours he is forced to work in dangerous conditions without being paid adequately,while his boss is taking more exotic vacations every year.In the lunchroom at work,the other workers are beginning to echo Yuri's discontent,and a union organizer is finally called to come to talk to the workers. What Marxist concept do the actions of Yuri and his co-workers represent?

According to Davis and Moore,what motivates people to undergo long years of education and training?

Figure 8.3 in the textbook shows the distribution of market income.What has happened to income inequality between 1951 and 2008?

According to the textbook,when did the prevalence of low income peak for Canadians?

Explain Karl Marx's basic ideas about social class.

Leif believes that poverty is caused by the boom and bust cycles of a capitalist economic system and by people's tolerance of low-wage jobs and union busting.His views are consistent with which level of explanation of poverty?

Income tax is an example of a progressive tax.

According to critiques of Davis and Moore,why do pools of talent lay unrealized?

According to the textbook,the Thomsons are Canada's richest family.How much more in assets do the Thomsons own than the Westons,the next richest family Canada?