Compare and contrast the structural-functional and conflict views of social stratification. In your discussion, detail the key assumptions from each theory. Finally, show how evolutionary theory draws from both structural-functional theory and conflict theory in its understanding of social stratification. Which theory do you find most accurate, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
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A religious organization that claims to include most or all members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion is known as a(n)
A. cult. B. ecclesia. C. sect. D. denomination.
Use your sociological imagination to explain why most marriages tend to be endogamous.
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Which of the following statements describes the phenomenon of "the feminization of higher education"?
A. Women are more likely than are men to be selected for higher management positions. B. Women across all racial and ethnic groups are more likely than men to finish college. C. Women outnumber men by far in college admissions. D. Colleges increasingly focus on educating people about feminism and its effects. E. Students prefer female professors to male professors, which has led to an increase in their numbers.
A unified set of beliefs and practices that have been socially constructed as sacred refers to which of the following social institutions?
A. education B. social norms C. religion D. family