Exam 8: Structural Sources of Societal Change: Economic and Demographic

Contingent employment shifts the burden of fringe benefits to individual workers and their families.

Identify and explain the three major structural transformations that are taking place in the United States and their consequences.

On what commodity do, or will, most American companies rely?

The new immigrants are primarily Asians and Africans, which is different than was the case in the past.

Capital flight takes the following form(s):

Most significant in the emergence of the globalization of the economy was the ________.

Most independent contractors __________.

An increase in scapegoating is likely in today's environment as animosities intensify over economic tough times and a revival of racism.

Social security is leveled at a constant rate (everyone, rich and poor, pays the same rate).

The demand for workers in the economy has shifted to people with cognitive abilities.

The ________ refers to the proportion of the population who are workers compared to the proportion not working.

Assimilation is the process by which individuals or groups adopt the culture of another group.

________ is a term that refers to employees who work part-time, in temporary jobs, or as independent contractors.

More than one-fourth of the people in the United States are African American, Latino, Asian, or Native American, and minorities make up the majority in six of the eight largest U.S. cities.

How are the new poor different from the old poor?

Most undocumented immigrants are

The cost of providing services to immigrants is the responsibility of state governments.

Explain the evidence presented that unemployment is not the consequence of individuals lacking the proper values of initiative, hard work, and a success orientation.

Sometime before the year ________, whites will become a statistical minority in the United States.

Millions of blue-collar workers have lost their jobs due to _______.