Exam 7: Stratification, Class, and Inequality

According to Karl Marx,because workers produce more than is actually needed to pay them,the relationship between workers and capitalists in an industrial society is:

Social mobility refers to:

Which of the following concepts introduced by Max Weber says the idea that your probability of economic success is largely dependent on the social position you are born into?

Karl Marx called those who own the means of production __________ and those who make their living by selling their own labor power for a wage __________.

Inequality and the gap between rich and poor have been steadily growing in the United States.The richest 20 percent has __________ of the total income,while the poorest 20 percent has __________ of the total income.

An economy based on computer and information technology has had what effect on social stratification in recent years?

__________ argued that social stratification is functional and ensures that the most talented people fill the roles they are best suited for by rewarding them accordingly.

In studies where individuals were asked to rank the "prestige" of an occupation,they rank jobs that required __________ as having the highest prestige.

Some scholars argue that __________,not __________,is the main determinant of class position.

Today people are taken against their will and forced to work as bricklayers in Pakistan or sex workers in Thailand.These are examples of:

While the average income of __________ households has been increasing,that of __________ households has been declining in the last decade.

According to the textbook,what three main characteristics do social systems of stratification share? Provide an example of each.

A stratification system in which certain people are owned as property is known as: