1.) In Erik Olin Wright's Parable of the Shmoo, the story of the shmoo illustrates what point for Wright?

profits depend on exploitation

contradictory class locations depend on appropriation

class interests depend on profits

No answer text provided.

2.)

The bottom class and the very top of Fussell’s class schema share some similarities, as follows?

Avoid handling actual money

Both pay compliments

Both seek attention of others

None of the above

3.)

According to Wilson, social structure encompasses the following two aspects:

social acts and social processes

social deeds and laws

social processes and machinery

social acts and social hierarchy

4.)

Social mobility refers to .

the movement of people from one social class to another

immigration of people from different societies

the interaction between people of various socioeconomic backgrounds

migration of people from one region to another

5.)

According to Erik Olin Wright, class exploitation is defined by the following criteria:

inverse interdependent welfare principle, exclusion principle, appropriation principle

converse dependent welfare principle, inclusion principle, appropriation principle

inverse interdependent welfare principle, inclusion principle, appropriation principle

No answer text provided.

6.)

India is a corporate CEO. Max is a janitor at a strip mall. New research on inequality trends from 1990 to 2002 suggests that for every dollar someone like Max earns, someone like Indira earns about:

$18,000

$1

$28

$100

7)

Which category of workers would most likely experience the problem of contradictory class locations?

mid-level managers

sanitation workers

pediatricians

homemakers

8.)

tratification system with a governing elite-that is, few leaders who broadly hold the power in society-is called a(n)system.

elite-mass dichotomy

status hierarchy

class

caste