Exam 6: Social Stratification-Canadian and Global Perspectives

The functionalist analysis of how people achieve positions in the social system can be compared to a foot race in which those who win earn their positions based on their skills and talents. What is a basic problem with this analysis of placement in the stratification system?

What is the term for statements such as these: "Those people are poor but honest"; and "Those people are poor because they don't want to work"?

Educational opportunity and achievement in all classes in Canada has grown at a remarkable rate, and Canadians in 2013 are more educated than ever before. Which of the following most accurately characterizes the consequences of this historical change on inequality in Canadian society?

According to Weber, how are status groups differentiated?

Which of the following perspectives explains poverty as the consequence of inadequate child-rearing practices?

According to Wallerstein, South Korea and Taiwan can be classified as which of the following?

According to Davis and Moore's theory of stratification, talented people require an incentive or they will not be motivated to undergo the sacrifices required to train for most important jobs. Which of the following correctly identifies these incentives?

Construct your own question drawing on relevant course materials for your answer. Points will be awarded for both the question and the answer.

What has happened to global inequality over the past 25 years?

Modernization theory, which places a focus on the inadequacies of poor countries, follows the same reasoning as conflict theory.

According to the textbook, "definitions matter" when it comes to discussing poverty. Why do these definitions matter?

What role can ideology play in explaining and perhaps addressing poverty?

Peripheral nations are former colonies that are making good headway in their development.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was born the son of a working-class electrician. Mulroney went on to become a very successful lawyer, and eventually leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and then Prime Minister of Canada. His life story is an example of which of the following?

What does it mean to say that Canada is a welfare state?

Which of the following is the best explaination why, on average, Canadian families earn considerably more now than they did in 1951?

Distinguish individual-level explanations of poverty from structural-level explanations of poverty. Explain why sociologists favour structural-level explanations.

Taiwan and Korea became colonies of Japan around the turn of the twentieth century. According to the textbook, which of the following best describes the effect of their colonization?

The idea that a judge's work contributes more to society than the work of a janitor is an illustration of which theory of stratification?

The system of tax collection and tax allocation illustrates the way that social policies affect poverty, but in Canada, the progressive tax system has done little to lessen poverty.