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20 Cards in this Set
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#1 Q
Max Weber considered these three factors important in analyzing SOCIAL STRATIFICATION |
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1) Economic dimensions 2) Political dimensions 3) Social PRESTIGE |
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#2 Q
The term describing the form of poverty where people lack the basic necessities of life |
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ABSOLUTE POVERTY |
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#3 Q
In 2001, this was the income poverty level for a family of four |
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$17,960 |
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#4 Q
List the three Reagan administration policies mentioned in the text that contributed to the rich getting richer while the poor got poorer |
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Three policies: 1) Deregulation of business 2) A decrease in tax rates for the wealthy 3) Cutbacks in government poverty programs |
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#5 Q
In the U.S., executive salaries are this |
#5 A
Highest in the world |
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#6 Q
The majority of the poor people in the U.S. belong to this group |
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Non-hispanic whites |
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#7 Q
This is the one characteristic that is true of most of the poor in the U.S. |
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Most are ill, disabled or in school |
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#8 Q
This is the #1 reason why so many more teenagers get pregnant in the U.S. than in other countries |
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They are less likely to use contraceptives |
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#9 Q
This was the government policy for dealing with low wages and high unemployment during the 1980's |
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Fighting inflation rather than unemployment |
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#10 Q
This group was hardest hit by cutbacks in governmental anti-poverty programs during the 1980's |
#10 A
The WORKING POOR and NEAR-POOR |
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#11 Q
This is true regarding the homeless in the U.S. |
#11 A
There has been an increase in the proportions of homeless families and homeless women & children |
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#12 Q
List three causes of DEINDUSTRIALIZATION in the U.S., as identified in the text |
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Three causes: 1) Industrial automation 2) International competition 3) Relocation of jobs out of the U.S. |
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#13 Q
This is the system of SOCIAL STRATIFICATION that has the best potential for SOCIAL MOBILITY |
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CLASS SYSTEM |
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#14 Q
This system of SOCIAL STRATIFICATION is based upon land ownership and often entails formal titles |
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ESTATE SYSTEM |
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#15 Q
The term for when a social system grows in better-paying, higer-status, and white collar jobs with shrinking blue collar jobs |
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STRUCTURAL MOBILITY |
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#16 Q
List three formulations of social class identified in the text as being used by today's sociologists |
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Three formulations: 1) MARXIAN DEFINITION 2) COMPOSITE APPROACH 3) SUBJECTIVE CLASS APPROACH |
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#17 Q
The approach to the study of social class ("formulation") that considers income, wealth, education and occupational status |
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COMPOSITE APPROACH |
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#18 Q
The term for SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY that occurs when some people move to higher positions while others move to lower positions in the STRATIFICATION system |
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EXCHANGE MOBILITY |
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#19 Q
This is another term for the group in the U.S. made up of "old money" and whose names are prestigious |
#19 A
CORPORATE ELITE |
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#20 Q
This is occuring to the group in the U.S. sometimes referred to as the "new class" |
#20 A
They are experiencing STATUS INCONSISTENCIES |