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Assignment:
Part 1 (Class and Stratification in U.S.) Questions
1. Identify intergenerational mobility and intragenerational mobility and give an example to illustrate them.
2. Explain the model of American class structure and their lifestyles: the upper-upper class, middle class, working class and working poor class
Part 2 (Global Stratification) Questions
1. Explain World systems theory and construct a list of countries in each of the three categories.
2. Describe dependency theory and modernization theory? Explain the ways these two theories complement or clash with one another.
Part 3 (Race and Ethnicity) Questions
1. Sociologist Robert Merton identified four combinations of prejudice and discrimination. Give each one example unprejudiced nondiscriminators, unprejudiced discriminators, prejudiced nondiscriminators, and prejudiced discriminators
2. Identify subordinate group and give examples of subordinate group in terms of race, gender, etc. Also identify a subordinate group and explain how this group of people with minority status is discriminated against.
Part 4 (Sex and Gender) Questions
1. Differentiate between sex and gender. Highlight factors of gender inequality. Please give examples to illustrate it.
2. Explain multicultural feminism and use an example or any source to describe the possible disadvantages and multilayered oppression that women might experience based on race, social class, class, sexual orientation, and age.