Deck 11: Class and Inequality in Australia

Question 1

What class is least likely to identify as 'middle class'?

A) Blue-collar workers
B) The middle class
C) The upper class
D) The ruling class

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Wealth distribution is a key indicator of class inequality. In Australia, the wealthiest 20 per cent of the population own how much of the wealth?

A) 35 per cent
B) 43 per cent
C) 55 per cent
D) 63 per cent

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which author/s have proposed the 'death of class thesis'?

A) Jan Pakulski and Malcolm Waters
B) John Goldthorpe and colleagues
C) Jill Sheppard and Nicholas Biddle
D) Raewyn Connell

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What term do Marxist authors use to refer to the equipment and property used to produce things?

A) The forces of production
B) Surplus value
C) The means of production
D) Commodification

Question 5

According to Karl Marx, what is the term for when a class has a common consciousness and political organisation?

A) Alienated
B) Exploited
C) A class-in-itself
D) A class-for-itself

Question 6

Which theorist gave a prominent role to the middle class in their class theory?

A) Karl Marx
B) Max Weber
C) Raewyn Connell
D) Ulrich Beck

Question 7

Who wrote: Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste?

A) Karl Marx
B) Max Weber
C) Pierre Bourdieu
D) Erik Olin Wright

Question 8

A mediated class location is useful for determining the class of:

A) Housewives
B) Children
C) Unemployed persons
D) All of the above

Question 9

In determining women's class position, which theorist defended the conventional approach that all members of a family occupy the same class location based on the person with the fullest commitment to the labour market, usually the male?

A) Erik Olin Wright
B) John Goldthorpe
C) Karl Marx
D) Pierre Bourdieu

Question 10

Women are more likely than men to be found in:

A) The petite bourgeoisie
B) Blue-collar occupations
C) White-collar occupations
D) Managerial occupations