Exam 1: The Road to Social Inequality: a Conceptual Introduction

According to the text,there are three forms of capital

An American ideology that supports U.S.society's social stratification system and distribution of wealth includes all but one of the following?

Globalization

The U.S.produces greater economic inequality than other developed nations and also lower life expectancy rates and higher crime rates.

The Gini index has results that are

Societies that are socially stratified provide different amounts of resources to different groups of people.

Globalization has had no real effect on economic changes in nations around the world.

Globalization has provided large corporations large profits and individuals even larger profits as well as greater job security.

Social inequality refers to variations in access to all but which of the following?

With a global economy there has been

Walmart's use of enterprise systems has resulted in little employee loyalty

Social stratification is

While all adults have cultural capital,the wealthy have used certain types of this capital to obtain educational and occupational success and advancement.

Educational opportunities are impacted by which of the following forms of capital?

Companies like Walmart that use enterprise systems and similar systems are found to have

The global economy has resulted in the poorer people in society seeing a decrease in their incomes and the wealthier seeing an increase in their incomes.

Research on social reproduction finds that most Americans will find themselves in the same class positions as their parents

The American ideology emphasizes individual achievement,equal opportunity,and the importance of hard work.

A social class is a large group of people who are ranked similarly by their wealth,occupation,education,and income.

Discuss the pros and cons of the enterprise systems used by Walmart and other large corporations.