A. class systems are relatively fluid
B. class position is entirely subjective
C. class is economically based
D. class positions are in part achieved
Social Stratification
Which of the following social groups do occupational class schemes not have difficulty accommodating ?
A. students
B. manual working class
C. the unemployed
D. retired people
Pierre Bourdieu,s theoretical perspective makes use of the concept of capital Which of the following is not part of his scheme ?
A. political
B. economic capital
C. social capital
D. cultural capital
Which of these statements does not reflect the conventional position in class analysis ?
A. class inequalities govern gender stratification
B. women’s pay is often essential to the family’s economic position
C. women’s paid work is not as significant as that of men
D. women should be seen as being the same class as their husbands/partners
A system of stratification where positions are partly achieved, and mobility is common is one based on ?
A. slavery
B. caste
C. class
D. status
The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called………….?
A. endogamy
B. endogeny
C. exegesis
D. exclusion
The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called………..?
A. operational research
B. modus operandum
C. operationalization
D. operant conditioning
The kuznets hypothesis states that as economic development proceeds inequality ?
A. first decreases then increases before remaining high
B. first increases then decreases before remaining low
C. first increases then flattens out, before rising again
D. first increases then decreases then increases then decreases
Traditional working-class identity was based around……………..?
A. shared working conditions in the manufacturing industry
B. the class consciousness of members of the proletariat
C. local communities extended kinship networks and shared leisure pursuits
D. collective aspirations to move into the middle class
The middle classes that developed over the nineteenth century were………….?
A. an urban set involved in civic bodies and voluntary associations
B. too diverse to have a strong sense of class consciousness
C. often involved in white collar work
D. all of the above