In what ways are fast food restaurants markers of middle class life?
What will be an ideal response?
Fast food restaurants have meaning beyond just a quick meal. In developing countries, eating at a fast food restaurant may be a sign that someone is upwardly mobile and modern. It is a sign they have extra money to spare on eating “foreign” foods from the developed world. With an expanded menu of western foods, Pizza Hut offers the Chinese middle class a very western experience. Patrons often eat with knives and forks rather than chopsticks and Pizza Hut provides them with a fine dining experience.
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The women's movement in the United States was officially founded in __________
a. 1748 b. 1848 c. 1948 d. 1958 e. 1972
"Knowing one another better reinforces the common connection such that the potential for caring and empathetic moral actions increase.". This statement summarizes the essence of
a. solidarity. b. division of labor. c. sympathetic knowledge. d. double consciousness.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. George Ritzer argues grobalization entails the diffusion of meaningful things across the globe. 2. George Ritzer argues grobalization entails the diffusion of meaningful things across the globe. 3. As a traditional Marxists, Leslie Sklair argues global exploitation is based on control over the means of production as opposed to a culture-ideology of consumerism in capitalist globalization. 4. As a traditional Marxists, Leslie Sklair looks toward social movements as a means to challenge corporate dominance of the transnational world. 5. Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri see Empire as a postmodern form of modern imperialism.
Which of the following is true of Marx’s criticism of Malthus?
A. It hasn’t stood the test of time. B. It has stood the test of time because the world’s resources have not yet run dry, but Marx underestimated the importance of population growth itself as a variable. C. It has stood the test of time because the world’s resources have not yet run dry, but Marx overestimated the importance of population growth itself as a variable. D. It has stood the test of time, as population growth is not a variable.