Chapter 2, Poverty

Question 1

Meritocracy

Answer 1

The view that the best person can rise to the top in any situation

Question 2

Social stratification

Answer 2

Hierarchical organization based on control of basic necessities

Question 3

Life chances

Answer 3

Extent to which we have access to health care, food, education, clothes and shelter

Question 4

Wright’s 4 Classes

Answer 4

1. Managerial, 2. Capitalist, 3. Small Business, 4. Working Class

Question 5

Under class

Answer 5

Those who are chronically low income

Question 6

Relative poverty

Answer 6

Being able to afford the necessities of life

Question 7

Welfare state

Answer 7

Nation where the government intervenes in the welfare of its citizens, through programs, policies, standards and regulations

Question 8

Culture of poverty

Answer 8

SI, people of low incomes were raised and socialized to have different value systems and beliefs than those of medium and high society

Question 9

Cultural capital

Answer 9

SI, Social assets required to access success, ex. values/beliefs, competency in language

Question 10

Reserve army of workers

Answer 10

Marx, Increasing use of technology and downsizing creates a large amount of people so desperate for a job they are willing to work for cheap, keeps wages low

Question 11

Feminization of poverty

Answer 11

There is a disproportionate level of women in poverty, ex. glass ceiling