Exam 5: Government, Economy, and Social Class

During a terrorist attack, the prime minister of Canada invokes the War Measures Act, which severely limits personal freedom. His ability to do so is rooted in what?

Rahul has a PhD in economics, but works as a sessional lecturer at a university, making very little money. Max Weber would argue that Rahul has a discrepancy between two components of stratification. Which ones?

What is one way to define Canada's 'land of opportunity'?

Recently, what have Canadian companies begun to shift to developing countries?

What is the term for an individual's salary and wages?

The American Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 established which of the following?

How does the textbook define force?

Which of the following is suggested by recent studies on computer usage?

Which of the following would be the best example of absolute poverty?

Which of the following terms refers to the social institution through which goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed?

According to the text, which level of certification serves as less of a guarantee of upward mobility today than it did in the past?

Which of the following describes caste membership?

Which of the following is true of cultural capital?

Material, social, and cultural resources all enter into the determination of which of the following?

A broadly based middle class is slowly being replaced by two growing groups of rich and poor.

Which of the following is cited by supporters of the pluralist model as evidence that ordinary people are gaining more of a say in political decision making?

For many years, there was only one telephone company offering local calling services in Canada-Bell. Of what was this company an example?

The term v arnas refers to one of the major castes in India.

What is a Crown Corporation?

A student was asked the following question: "Briefly list and explain the various components of Weber's multidimensional model". As an answer this student wrote the following: "Weber identified three components of stratification. These are class, status and party. Class refers to a group of people who have a similar level of economic resources and that the actions of individuals can be understood solely in economic terms. Status refers to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle such as the kind of car one drives and it is similar to economic class standing. Party refers to the capacity to organize in order to accomplish a goal. For example a political party can be seen as a potential resource".