Chat with AIExam 7: Social Stratification in the United States and Globally
Which of these arguments about stratification is a structural-functional theory?
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How does world-systems theory view the world? Describe the categories that the world-systems theory uses to divide up the world. Further, how do core nations benefit from the periphery?
(26) VerifiedAnswers will vary but should identify that world-systems theory sees the world as a single economic system with two main categories: the core and the periphery, which are defined in relationship to the economy. The core includes the wealthiest industrialized countries. The periphery includes countries dependent on (and exploited by) the core nation-states. The core includes countries such as the United States, Australia, and Japan; the periphery includes most African countries, as well as parts of Asia, the Middle East, and South America. Some countries are in the "semiperiphery," such as Eastern Europe and Thailand. Countries became categorized based on colonization during its early phases. Core nations benefit from periphery by exploiting their labor and natural resources. They can keep the periphery focused on narrow, export-oriented economies, instead of developing industrial capacity and producing goods for the domestic market. The periphery's cheap labor helps corporations in the core make stronger profits. The power imbalance allows the core to dictate loan terms to the periphery.
According to the ______ perspective, certain occupations, such as airplane pilots and Supreme Court judges, require a great deal of education and must be rewarded with higher salaries and extensive benefit packages.
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Julia is a highly paid actress who likes expensive clothing and inexpensive jewelry and reads comic books as well as best-selling books. From this example, it could be said that Julia is a ______.
(28) What was the purpose of the first foreign aid given in the contemporary era of foreign aid? Who gave foreign aid, under what plan, and to whom?
(28) ______ defined social class as a division between the capitalists, who owned the means of production, and the proletariat, who lacked the means of production, thus creating a hierarchical stratification system.
(38) Identify and discuss three basic reasons that poverty persists according to sociological research.
(41) Most internet sites are in 10 languages, and this disadvantages those in the Global South who do not typically speak these languages.
(33) Countries that industrialized relatively recently are commonly found in the middle-income category range.
(35) Which of the following is NOT a major area of global inequality according to the text?
(39) Many actors and actresses earn millions each year and display their wealth by living in upscale mansions and driving expensive vehicles. This is an example of ______.
(30) ______ refers to the loss of high-paying manufacturing jobs, resulting in the decline of the middle class who end up in low-paying service jobs.
(35) Government efforts in the wake of the recession (e.g., bailing out banks and investment companies) greatly aided the lower class, but did little or nothing for the middle class.
(40) Which of the following is a major reason for the decline in the middle class between 1967 and 2013?
(27) One of the greatest advantages of the wealthy is their ability to maintain their social class across ______.
(36) Which of the following is NOT a stage in Walt Rostow's modernization theory?
(39) The OECD specifies that foreign aid must meet which of the following standards?
(41) In global stratification, the ______ has dominated, controlled, exploited, and oppressed the ______.
(28) When a lower-class person buys an imitation item of the upper class to imitate the upper-class position, this is known as ______.
(39) Many people consider themselves to be middle class, but the text defines the middle class by the following criteria: ______.
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