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Chapter 9 - Stratification and Class

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
Which of the following is NOT a feature of all socially stratified systems?
a) people share characteristics without necessarily identifying with each other
b) people's life-chances and experiences depend heavily on their social ranking
c) the ranks of different social categories tend to change very slowly over time
d) stratification occurs because of inequalities in assets or property
The practice of legally enforced marriage within caste is called:
a) endogamy
b) endogeny
c) exegesis
d) exclusion
In 2002 the proportion of marketable wealth owned by the top 5% was:
a) 83%
b) 43%
c) 23%
d) 5%
According to Wright, some class locations are 'contradictory' because:
a) their holders do not believe in the notion of class
b) they share features of the positions above and below them
c) there is disagreement about how to interpret them
d) they are impossible for sociologists to measure and classify
In the Goldthorpe schema, managers, professionals and top administrators are in:
a) the service class
b) the servant class
c) the segmented class
d) the status class
Which of the following does John Scott identify as belonging to the middle class?
a) senior executives
b) industrial entrepreneurs
c) finance capitalists
d) none of the above
The process of turning the class concept into something measurable is called:
a) operational research
b) modus operandum
c) operationalization
d) operant conditioning
The idea that classes vary according to their possession of cultural capital is associated with:
a) Max Weber
b) John Goldthorpe
c) Karl Marx
d) Pierre Bourdieu
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
The Essex Mobility Study found that the proportion of higher white-collar workers originating from blue-collar backgrounds was:
a) a quarter
b) a half
c) a third
d) a fifth
According to Saunders, Britain can be described as a meritocracy because:
a) it has higher average skill levels than comparable countries
b) social advancement is dependent on ability and effort
c) poorer children must show more merit to reach the same class destinations
d) there are an increasing number of service class occupations

Anthony Giddens — Sociology, 5th Edition

Anthony Giddens • Sociology 5th Edition

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Chapter 9 - Stratification and Class