When thinking about social change:
a. our experiences and everyday insights are good enough to make sense of what is happening
b. we try to understand both culture and social structure
c. we can only know what is happening to us at any given moment; everything else is too complex and confusing to make sense of
d. the guiding principle is that things are, after all, pretty much what they appear to be
b. we try to understand both culture and social structure
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A. Social classes are becoming more polarized with the wealthy increasing their wealth and the middle class stagnating. B. Rising debt among the middle class has increased inequality between the classes. C. The lower class has little power to control the working environment. D. Tax loopholes favor the middle and lower classes.
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