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Describe the world system theory of stratification as developed by Immanuel Wallerstein.

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Wallerstein identifies four internationa...

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What did Karl Marx predict after workers were exploited year after year by the capitalist class?

A) The capitalist society would synthesize into a classless society.
B) A strong middle class would emerge.
C) Workers would abandon their jobs, unionize, and gain the power to negotiate.
D) Workers would revolt against the bourgeoisie and assume control.

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Ken belongs to a church in which the worship services are highly expressive with spontaneous "Amens" and "Praise Jesus" outbursts accompanied by loud, inspirational organ music. Ken is most likely a member of the ________ class.

What did Higginbotham and Weber discover about women from working-class backgrounds who now occupied professional, managerial, and administrative positions in Memphis?

The ability to control others, even over their objections, is referred to as ________.

Who or what are the maquiladoras?

Why did a caste-like system exist in America following the Civil War, especially in the South?

What is the typical annual family income in the United States?

Why was slavery made inheritable when it was adopted by landowners in the American colonies?

In contrast to most other stratification systems, Karl Marx's system had only two classes, each depending on the individual's relationship to the means of production.

All societies use gender as a means of stratification. Discuss the consequences of this gender stratification.

What is meant by the term "status inconsistency"? What consequences have been linked to being status inconsistent?

Which sociologist coined the term "the power elite"?

What is the relationship between one's social class and one's chances of being a victim of crime?

What is the likelihood that children will experience an increase in social class in comparison to their parents?

Which two theorists concluded that the universality of stratification can be explained by the necessity to motivate the most qualified people to fill the most important and demanding positions in a society?

What is the relationship between level of education and births to single mothers?

What has been the unique purpose of child slavery in present-day Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia?

The Most Industrialized Nations are almost equally distributed between the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the world.

Melvin Tumin advanced the concept of merit as the primary factor in determining social class.