Why is there no longer any clear distinction between the concepts of “blue collar” and “white collar”? Illustrate your explanation with examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Among those we place in the middle class are lower level managers, insurance agents, teachers, nurses, electricians, and plumbers. Our working class includes unskilled factory workers, office workers without specialized training, and many retail sales workers. The boundary between these two classes cannot be sharply drawn. Note that we do not depend on the traditional blue-collar–white-collar (manual vs. nonmanual) distinction; there are blue-collar and white-collar workers in both classes.
You might also like to view...
People don't behave as predictably as the subject matter of other sciences
A) therefore we can't test hypotheses in sociological research B) however we can test hypotheses to study patterns of behaviors C) thus sociology can not use any methods that are in other sciences D) however sociologists use the same methods as chemists and biologists to study human "objects".
Jim Crow laws held sway across the United States from the 1880s into the 1960s.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The idea that the poor are poor because they have "bad values" is associated with ______.
A. the theory of the urban underclass B. the culture of poverty theory C. Black Power ideology D. paternalistic competition theory
The second most common sexually transmitted disease, often called the clap, is gonorrhea.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)