1.)

In Erik Olin Wright's Parable of the Shmoo, the story of the shmoo illustrates what point for Wright?

profits depend on exploitation


contradictory class locations depend on appropriation


class interests depend on profits


No answer text provided.


2.)

The bottom class and the very top of Fussell’s class schema share some similarities, as follows?



Avoid handling actual money


Both pay compliments


Both seek attention of others


None of the above


3.)

According to Wilson, social structure encompasses the following two aspects:

social acts and social processes


social deeds and laws


social processes and machinery


social acts and social hierarchy


4.)

Social mobility refers to ______.

the movement of people from one social class to another


immigration of people from different societies


the interaction between people of various socioeconomic backgrounds


migration of people from one region to another


5.)

According to Erik Olin Wright, class exploitation is defined by the following criteria:


inverse interdependent welfare principle, exclusion principle, appropriation principle


converse dependent welfare principle, inclusion principle, appropriation principle


inverse interdependent welfare principle, inclusion principle, appropriation principle


No answer text provided.



6.)

India is a corporate CEO. Max is a janitor at a strip mall. New research on inequality trends from 1990 to 2002 suggests that for every dollar someone like Max earns, someone like Indira earns about:


$18,000


$1


$28


$100


7)

Which category of workers would most likely experience the problem of contradictory class locations?

mid-level managers


sanitation workers


pediatricians


homemakers


8.)

tratification system with a governing elite-that is, few leaders who broadly hold the power in society-is called a(n)__________________system.


elite-mass dichotomy


status hierarchy


class


caste