Which of the following is NOT an element of Marx's theory of stratification?
a. Eventually a welfare state would arise to meet the needs of the industrial reserve army.
b. Eventually the masses would unite and rebel against the owners of capital.
c. Monopolies would arise that would control prices and wages.
d. Workers would always be impoverished under capitalism.
Question 2The term modernization refers to:
a. change in all societies, past and present
b. the impact of changing ecological patterns on future societies
c. the impact of the welfare state on family structure
d. what happens as societies undergo industrialization, urbanization, and the development of the nation-state
Question 3Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a capitalist society?
a. The bourgeoisie control the political system.
b. The corporation is the dominant economic institution.
c. The family is the key social institution.
d. The means of production are privately controlled.
Question 4Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the modernization process?
a. There is a change from subsistence farming toward the commercial production of agricultural goods.
b. There is a tendency toward the formation of urban concentrations.
c. There is a transition from the use of human and animal power toward industrialization.
d. There is a trend toward a more humane and satisfactory way of life.
Question 5Which of the following terms was used by Karl Marx in referring to the class of wage earners in a capitalist society?
a. bourgeoisie
b. lumpenproletariat
c. petite bourgeoisie
d. proletariat
Question 6The term garrison state refers to the:
a. attempt to produce workers who can meet the needs of new industries
b. increasing growth of penal institutions in modern states
c. sense of loyalty based on peoplehood
d. subordination of economic growth and the rule of law to the needs of the military