Exam 7: Stratification

Proponents of the estate tax assert that the tax:

Opponents of the estate tax argue that taxing accumulated wealth:

Compare and contrast the terms income and wealth.Use examples in your answer.How does wealth help in giving individuals an unfair advantage?

Explain social mobility,horizontal social mobility,vertical social mobility,and structural mobility.Use examples in your answers.

What is the term that refers to a form of wealth that can be stored for the future?

Connect C.Wright Mills's view on capitalist society with Karl Marx's view.Give an example of the three decision-making institutions,as discussed by Mills.Which one of these institutions would Karl Marx see as the major contributor to a capitalist society's ills?

The prestige of a person's first job out of school factors into his or her position on the ____________ model.

Although Indian castes historically have been ____________,increasing rates of ____________ have made classifying children more difficult.

An example of the ideology of equality of condition put into practice is:

Let's say you are best at building with your hands and you become a carpenter working for a local building contractor.A friend of yours is very good at programming computers,so he or she works at IBM.Yet another friend excels at science,so he or she goes to medical school and becomes a physician.Each of you is paid the exact same salary and each of you lives in the same neighborhood and drives the same type of car.What standard of equality would this be an example of?

____________ social mobility refers to a group or an individual transitioning from one social status to another that is situated more or less on the same rung of the ladder.

Historically,Marx's capitalist class was made up of members of the:

What is the fastest-growing job market for people with only a high school education?

The process in India whereby an entire caste can leapfrog over another and obtain a higher position in the hierarchy is called:

What is the primary source of income for the upper class?

When more than one person is responsible for getting something done,the incentive is for each individual to shirk responsibility in the hope that the others will pull the extra weight.This is referred to as:

What has globalization done to influence income and wealth inequality in the United States? Include the influence of the Industrial Revolution and geography in your answer.Why did Europe develop first?

How does the status-attainment model help us understand social mobility?

Business managers are examples of what concept?

Elliot Essman asserts that America is a(n)____________ because the very wealthy do not have much impact on the country in general.