Chapter 1 Practice Test Questions

Theories of Social Inequality
  1. What are the four major sociological approaches discussed in this chapter? Explain how each of them accounts for social inequality.
  1. Compare Marx and Weber’s analyses of power and class relations.
  1. What is neoliberalism? What might a functionalist theorist and a conflict theorist say about neoliberalism?
  1. What is intersectionality? How did the term originate, and what are its implications for the analysis of social inequality?
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