Describe the basic insights about income inequality and poverty offered by the structural functional, social conflict, feminist, and symbolic interaction theories of poverty. What is one weakness of each theory?
What will be an ideal response?
• Structural-functional: some poverty is inevitable. Social pathology, social disorganization theories.
• Symbolic-interaction: defining the problem; blaming the victim
• Social-conflict: poverty can be eliminated. Karl Marx, multicultural theory
• Feminist: feminist theory, intersection theory
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Activities that support or protest social issues organized by non-governmental organizations are called __________________
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Malthus referred to famine, disease, and war as _____ checks on population growth
a. positive b. negative c. preventative d. cyclical
OldCorp hired a new manager to make the accounting department more efficient. She restructured the department so that each process can only be done one way, and each employee is only trained to do one process. The accounting jobs at OldCorp have been ______.
A. bureaucratized B. globalized C. de-skilled D. professionalized