Describe the various issues surrounding the definition of poverty. Define the difference between absolute and relative poverty.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

Sociology

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A) ?Conflict theorist perspective B) ?Functionalist perspective C) ?Feminist perspective D) ?Symbolic interactionist perspective E) ?Postmodernist perspective

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a. Preindustrial cities b. Industrial cities c. Postindustrial cities d. Modern cities

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False consciousness is best exemplified by which of the following?

A. The bourgeois class believing that they are the superior class. B. The bourgeois class not recognizing the social and economic status of the proletariat class. C. The proletariat class believing that they are the superior class. D. The proletariat class not recognizing the permanence of their social and economic status.

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