This theorist argued that elite members of society want their social class membership to be obvious to others, and they accomplish this through conspicuous consumption, and lower classes mimic them.

a. Pierre Bourdieu
b. Jean Baudrillard
c. Erving Goffman
d. Georg Simmel


d. Georg Simmel

Sociology

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Which of the following set the stage for the emergence of the earliest form of social inequality?

A) the domestication revolution B) the horticultural society C) the Industrial Revolution D) the postindustrial society

Sociology

The 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires that pregnant employees be treated the same as employees with any temporary disability

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

The largest group of Hispanics in the United States can trace their roots back to Mexico

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

During the 1970s J. Edgar Hoover said _____ "should be viewed as part of the enemy, a challenge to American values" and paid informants to infiltrate related groups

a. socialists b. progressive lawyers c. feminists d. the KKK

Sociology