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Discuss the two dominant ideologies of what creates social class in the United States. Who would most likely be a supporter of each particular ideology?

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What theoretical explanation of poverty states that everyone should have the chance to compete on an equal basis and to win any of society's rewards ?

A) the theory of relative poverty
B) the ideology of equal opportunity
C) the theory of human ecology
D) the ideology of personal responsibility

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The ability to realize one's will, even against resistance and the opposition of others is called ________.

The American social class most defined by advanced college degrees and that has an annual household income of $100,000 or more is the upper class.

Max Weber stated social class ranking was dependent on three factors which were a person's access to ________, ________, and ________.

More of the nation's poor live in central cities than in the suburbs and rural areas combined.

Current immigration policies of the United States favor the wealthy, educated professionals from other countries, especially wealthy Asian families from Hong Kong and other Pacific Rim nations.

Based on the objective method of assigning socioeconomic status, which of the following variables are used?

Who were the two sociologists who argued that social stratification is created by the needs of society?

Of all industrial nations, the United States has the highest rate of young children (under the age of six) living in poverty.

What is the term used to describe the disproportionate share of women and girls among those in poverty?

The term ________ refers to people who fall below a minimum subsistence level and are unable to function as members of society, whereas ________ refers to people who lack resources relative to others and the overall standard of society.

In the class system, the two principal means of ranking are based on race and ethnicity.

In traditional India what is another name for the castes or major categories in which people are placed by virtue of birth?

What sociological perspective is aligned with the Davis-Moore hypothesis that inequality is created by the needs of society and Gans' proposal that poverty can be beneficial to society?

The stratification system defined as a monopoly of power and ownership of land by religious and political elites is called the caste system.

In a class system, the PRIMARY economic asset for most people that enters into their status of wealth is income earned in the form of wages and salaries.

The hypothesis of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore that social inequality is created by the needs of society is generally accepted as the prominent belief of most sociologists.

Identify and discuss the five major social class groupings in the United States.

Discuss the three primary factors that determine social class ranking in the United States. Why are these criteria inadequate in developing an objective image of one's social class?