Social Stratification

A. Social mobility occurs only when shifts occur in the availability of different types of talent in the work force
B. Social mobility can occur when societies change altering the division of labor
C. Social mobility is controlled by those in the higher strata through control of opportunities for training and education
D. none of above

A. the poor who are concentrated in isolated rural areas
B. individuals who experience occasional poverty but who move back into the “mainstream” of economic life within 12 months
C. the persistently poor who exist mainly because of a sharp climb in joblessness due to a redistribution of jobs in the inner city
D. both b and c

A. large densely populated areas
B. small groups
C. highly transient communities
D. none of the above

A. inequality occurs in a random fashion
B. inequalities are passed from generation to generation
C. inequality is regulated by the government
D. none of the above is true

A. Marx
B. Weber
C. Parsons
D. Lincoln

A. Cultural groups
B. Social and economic classes
C. Ethnic groups
D. None of these

A. family capitalism
B. managerial capitalism
C. welfare capitalism
D. institutional

A. Prejudice
B. discrimination
C. racism
D. projection

A. Max Weber
B. John Goldthorpe
C. Karl Marx
D. Pierre Bourdieu

A. senior executives
B. industrial entrepreneurs
C. finance capitalists
D. none of the above