Exam 2: Poverty and Class Inequality

According to Karl Marx,class is primarily based on ______.

In 2015,approximately ______ million Americans were living in poverty.

Defining poverty by comparing a person to others in the same society is an example of a(n)______ measure of poverty.

A flat tax is an example of a(n)______ tax.

Social empathy is the insight that individuals have about their own lives that allows them to understand the circumstances and realities of other people's living conditions.

The culture of poverty thesis is very similar to ______ theory.

Karl Marx argued that when we care more about the things we buy than the labor necessary to create these things,we______.

The U.S.poverty rate for 2015was at ______.

A tax that places a greater burden on lower-income people is known as a ______.

All of the following are examples of means-tested safety net programs EXCEPT ______.

______ is concerned with the relationship between perceptions of inequality and principles of fairness.

The social safety net in the United States can be traced back to the Social Security Act of 1935.

Discuss symbolic interactionism as it pertains to poverty and inequality.What are some of the applications of symbolic interactionism to social policy? How does this relate to the policy implications of the general functional perspective?

______ sees societies as complex systems whose various institutions and organizations work together to maintain a level of cohesion and stability.

A janitor earns less than a school principal.Functionalist sociologists might argue this difference in income ______.

Black men are 5.6 times more likely to be incarcerated than White men.

Describe two different ways poverty is defined and explain how they are similar and different.What is the main criticism of each definition of poverty?

In the United States,those in the top 10% of income possess ______ of the country's wealth.

______ looks at how being marginalized and stigmatized affects interconnections with others.

Which best describes the contradictions in an existing economic and social order that create a push for change,which eventually leads to new economic conditions and social relations?