Exam 10: Class and Inequality

The text tells us that stratification exists in every culture that anthropology has studied today.We are also told that systems of stratification and power such as class are not intrinsic to human culture.This seemingly contradictory set of statements might be resolved through archaeological evidence that itself suggests that what aspect of human social behavior leant itself to a non-stratified society?

The advent of agriculture as a primary means of subsistence signaled a change in what aspect of human social structures?

Which of the following is a system of power based on wealth,income,and status that creates an unequal distribution of a society's resources?

Pierre Bourdieu worked to understand the relationship between class,culture,and power by studying schools in France with the expectation of finding that social mobility was the result of meritocracy.Instead,he discovered that

In 2015,the CEO of a midsized corporation in the state of Oregon announced that he was slashing his own salary in order to ensure that everyone working at the company received a salary that allowed them to live comfortably without fear of financial hardship,of access to resources such as health care,or of obtaining food and shelter.In the eyes of Max Weber and the analysis of prestige rankings,what did the CEO do?

Categories found within a class system serve as a basis for unequal access to which of the following?

When the social rank of each member of the society is determined by who the parents were,we can probably say that such a society is

Why might we NOT consider the United States a form of ranked society?

The work of anthropologist Leith Mullings has examined the connections between class,race,and gender,which resulted in the development of a useful analytical framework called

If Bourdieu had chosen to do his work in a highly specialized school-a culinary (cooking)school,for instance-what aspect of his theoretical outlook would he have been ascribing as an integral part of that work?

The total value of what someone owns,including stocks,bonds,and real estate,minus any debt,such as a mortgage or credit card debt,is considered

In the United States,an individual's life chances are

Karl Marx examined social inequality by distinguishing between which two distinct classes of people?

What would Max Weber suggest is the primary difference between a lawyer in the United States and the self-made millionaire of a U.S.-based manufacturing company?

The text tells us that a few modern societies such as the Amish have successfully forged an egalitarian society.Based on the information in the text-both the discussion and the photograph-what aspect of human interaction can we attribute to this success?

Which of the following consists of wages earned from work,plus dividends and interest on investments along with rents and royalties?

Which of the following is a type of society that is based on the sharing of resources to ensure group success with a relative absence of hierarchy and violence within or among groups?

Of all the systems of stratification and power in a society,which of the following is commonly the most difficult to see clearly and to discuss openly?

One of the ways that globalization has exacerbated the problem of global inequality is by

Despite overall increased levels of income and wealth in the United States during the past four decades,poverty continues to be a societal issue.According to your textbook,what are two key theories that developed in the social sciences to identify the roots of poverty in the United States? How do these two theories differ and what elements might they share in common? What is meant by poverty as pathology versus poverty as a structural economic problem? Which theory do you find most convincing for identifying the root causes of poverty in the United States,and why? Do you think additional theories are needed to more fully address the underlying causes of poverty in the country and globally? What do you think is the appropriate role of the government in addressing the roots of poverty? What do you think is the appropriate role of the individual in overcoming poverty? Do you think poverty can be eradicated in the future? Why or why not?