Chapter 9: Social Stratification in the United States & Chapter 10: Global Inequality

One main issue and studying global social inequality is

Social inequality is relative and therefore, difficult to compare across cultures

88 million people live on less than one dollar a day. These people are said to be living in

Absolute poverty

What seems to be the key (although not the rule) to upward social mobility?

How much education you have

Emmanuel Wallerstein's classification of nations uses which set of terms?

Core nation, peripheral nation, semi-peripheral nation

A persons position in a country social stratification is determined by

GNI PPP GDP the PRB & standard of living

Charlotte was born to a lower class family in rural Pennsylvania. After taking a job in the mail room I'll a large corporate office, Charlotte is slowly promoted through the ranks and becomes CEO oh of the company by the age of 50, which includes a happy six-figure salary and full health and wellness benefits. What type of mobility is demonstrated in Charlotte story?

Intra-Generational mobility

What is particularly unique about the United States middle-class?

Is it broken into two subcategories: upper and lower middle class

What social class is quickly disappearing from modern economies?

Middle class

Which trend has the World Bank seen in its study of poverty in low-income nations?

More women live in poverty than men

The two regions with the highest risk of social unrest are

Sub-Saharan. Africa & the Middle East-North African region