How
open is American Society in terms of hierarchy?
Define
social mobility.
Discuss
both downward and upward mobility.
What
do we mean by status?
What
is the industrial thesis?
Can
you go to the top and what can limit you?
It
is said that education is key to attaining status; is that true and if yes why
do you think so and if not why do you think not?
What
do we mean by intergenerational mobility?
How
does affirmative action affect status attainment and is affirmative action
fair?
Has
affirmative action helped the poor and does education really help the poor?
Have
status doors opened up for women and what things still block women’s attainment
of higher status?
What
thinks in society stand in the way of improved status for different groups and
what are the courses for reduced status?
What are the social functions of stratification and
are all societies stratified? Give a
structural functionalist analysis and contrast it to a conflict theorist
analysis of stratification. How would a social interactions view status
attainment?