How has inequality been explained?
Correct answer D. All of the above
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According to Blau and Duncan, what strongly influences upward occupational mobility?
Correct answer D. All of the above
The view that inequality stems from the corrupting and divisive actions of institutions belongs to which ideology?
Correct answer C. Classical liberalism
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From whom does the idea derive that social institutions reinforce and legitimise class divisions?
Correct answer C. Karl Marx
Max Weber’s idea of life chances closely resembles which concept?
Correct answer C. Personal power
Who tend to be the victims of crime?
Correct answer D. B and C
What can be said of the categories researchers use to place people into social classes?
Correct answer C. Tend to be arbitrary and artificial
How does life expectancy vary across social classes?
Correct answer B. Lower for the lower classes
Which occupations are held by members of the “New Class”?
Correct answer C. Journalists, academics and media commentators
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What would the disappearance of whole categories of jobs, with no new occupations created, represent?
Correct answer D. Structural mobility of a negative sort
A person’s position in the social hierarchy is closely linked to what?
Correct answer D. Only B and C
To which class do craftsmen, foremen, secretaries and office workers belong?
Correct answer C. Working class
In what ways is global inequality evident?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What is membership of particular racial, ethnic and religious groups?
Correct answer D. A variable of the stratification system
What is the difference between racial minorities and ethnic minorities?
Correct answer A. Racial minorities differ biologically ethnic minorities differ culturally from the dominant group
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Why do conflicts arise between the dominant group and minorities?
Correct answer D. All of the above
Emphasising that each group should keep its cultural distinctiveness belongs to which ideology?
Correct answer B. Cultural pluralism
What is discrimination called when it is prompted by awareness that prejudice exists across the whole society?
Correct answer B. Attitudinal discrimination
On what are ethnic groups based?
Correct answer B. Common customs and/or identities
How clear is the classification of human races?
Correct answer C. Vague because of overlap of traits