Consider the three major theoretical perspectives routinely explored throughout the text.
Which theorist explores the ways in which poverty serves a
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providing jobs to many people in the social service sector? - ANS-structural functionalist
The upper class makes up just 1 percent of the total U.S. population, but its total net
worth is greater than that of ________ percent of the rest of the population. - ANS-99
According to Karl Marx, what social relations matter MOST in a capitalist system? -
ANS-economic relation
The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 ended the concept of entitlements by requiring
recipients of welfare to find work within two years of receiving assistance. How has this
changed the lives of the poor? - ANS-Moving from welfare to work did not substantially
increase income levels; it simply shifted the poor from welfare to low-paying jobs.
How is Max Weber's idea of social class different from Karl Marx's? - ANS-Weber
believed that wealth, power, and prestige could all affect a person's social class.
What system of stratification is based on access to key resources such as wealth,
power, and property? - ANS-social class
What system of stratification is based on status and family history. It cannot be
changed. - ANS-caste
What system of stratification is based on the legal ownership of people. - ANS-slavery
How does social class relate to race, ethnicity, gender, and age in the United States
today? - ANS-These multiple dimensions of status and inequality intersect to shape who
we are and how we live.
Social mobility that occurs over the course of an individual's lifetime is called ________
mobility. - ANS-intragenerational
What do sociologists call it when an individual changes his or her career but remains
within the same social class? - ANS-horizontal social mobility
True or False: General predictions can often be made about a person's life chances
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