Exam 8: Stratification: United States and Global Perspectives

Social stratification pervades all aspects of social life.

The overwhelming majority of poor people are African or Hispanic American single mothers with children.

For Wright,"organizational assets" refer to:

Which of the following is NOT a myth about poverty that underlies the "war against the poor?"

For Goldthorpe,the basic division in employment relations is among:

According to Wright,the basic distinction in class analysis is between property owners and non-owners.

When sociologists are studying international differences in the gap between rich and poor within countries,they are studying:

According to Marx,what is determined by someone's "relationship to the means of production?"

Many elements of "high culture",such as opera and abstract art,are inaccessible to most people because fully understanding them requires:

Compare and contrast Marx and Weber on social stratification.

Some of Blau and Duncan's critics suggest that it is insufficient to examine only the characteristics of individuals (such as years of education completed)when trying to explain status attainment.They state that it is also important to examine the characteristics of:

New members of the upper-upper class are:

The upper-upper class that comprises less than one percent of the United States population was once described as:

Which of the following was NOT a policy initiative aimed at the problem of poverty in the United States?

Marx called those who do not own the "means of production" and work for wages:

According to Weber,class is determined by one's:

According to Marx,a person's ____ is determined by the source of his or her income or their "relationship to the means of production."

Income inequality has been declining in the United States for the past quarter of a century.

In medieval Western Europe,peasants worked small plots of land owned by landlords.The peasants were legally obliged to give their landlords a set amount of the harvest from the land and to continue to work for them under any circumstances.In return,the landlord protected the peasants and provided storehouses and fed the peasants in the event of crop failure.This economic system is known as:

Many members of the upper-upper class ____ their wealth.