A. the division of household labor
B. occupational segregation
C. the wage gap in favor of men
D. women’s concentration in part-time jobs
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is not a term for work that takes place outside the formal paid employment sector ?
A. the casual economy
B. the parallel economy
C. the black economy
D. the informal economy - In studying inequalities in education which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon ?
A. reading
B. numeracy
C. emotion
D. speech - What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generation called______________?
A. cultural reproduction
B. passive consumption
C. conceptual abstraction
D. formal communication - What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generations called ?
A. cultural reproduction
B. passive consumption
C. conceptual abstraction
D. formal communication - Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. psychoanalytic perspective - Functionalists argue that even though ethnic conflict is dysfunctional it my still serve some important functions in society Which of the following is NOT one of those important functions ?
A. Conflict promotes group formation and cohesion
B. Conflict may function as a safety valve for society by enabling hostilities to be channelled toward permissible targets known as permissible targets known as scapegoats
C. A multiplicity of conflicts between large numbers of differing groups within a society may be conducive to a democratic as opposed to a totalitarian society
D. Conflict attributable to ethnic stratification problems may reach an unacceptable frequency and intensity - According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
A. an objectified state
B. an institutionalized form
C. a symbolic form
D. an embodied state - New style terrorism differs from old style terrorism in three main ways Which of the following is not one of the three ?
A. it is global in the scope of its aims
B. it has a nationalist ideology
C. it adopts a loose international type of organization
D. it is more ruthless in the recourse to violent means - Which sociological perspective emphasizes that in comparison with women men can drw on larger social networks that are useful in locating employment opportunities ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. clinical perspective - What proportion of employment in nonurban counties in the United States is accounted for by agriculture ?
A. 9 per cent
B. 22 per cent
C. 41 per cent
D. 63 per cent
