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Soci 381- Question 2
2.Explain why the functionalists believe that social stratification is universal, desirable, and inevitable in human society, and identify some of the basic criticisms raised by some sociologists (such as Melvin Tumin) in their criticisms of the functionalist theory of social inequality. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci 381 Question3
3.Identify some of the social dysfunctions (or social pathologies) that are commonly associated with inequality across a wide range of industrial societies. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci 381- Question 4
4.Discuss in detail how the corporate elite in Canada today has learned how to translate its economic wealth into political power and privilege, and through its lawyers, political lobbyists, agents, and representatives, has exercised a major influence on government legislation and policy to its own financial advantage. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci 381 Question -Question 5
5.Compare and contrast the different types of explanation, as well as the three main discourses, that have been used in this course to explain the causes of poverty, and show how each type of discourse implies (or entails) a distinct approach to public policy in regards to poverty. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci 381 Question6
6.Identify and explain at least four different explanations that have been advanced in the readings for this course to explain the persistent gender gap between in the earnings (wages and salaries) of men in Canada and those of women. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci 381- Question 7
7.Define and explain the difference between the vertical and the horizontal occupational segregation of women in the labour market. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci-381-8
8.Describe some of the major examples of institutional racism suffered by Indigenous peoples in Canada—through government policy and state institutions—and briefly comment on the long-term consequences of these injustices for Aboriginal communities across the country. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci 381- Question 9
9.Explain what you understand to be the “myth of the free market” as a natural mechanism (of supply and demand) for the rational distribution of wealth and income in society. Describe some of the ways in which the market is a “social construct” (as well as a legal and political construct), rather than simply a “natural mechanism.” Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Soci 381 Question 10
10.List and explain some of the economic policies associated with neoliberalism, and provide some examples of governments that introduced and adopted these policies. Ensure that your account demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of the relevant course readings.
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Key terms
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