FOR KIM WOODS ONLY

Essay

Write an essay that responds to the following questions. Before completing this assignment, please review the rubric and requirements for this essay in the Course Grading and Rubrics menu item under Course Home.

Write a minimum of two paragraphs for each of the following topics:

(In many cases, it might take several well written paragraphs to successfully present your answer to the questions, topics, or issues AND display evidence of critical thinking.)

1. Discuss how government "wealthfare" has been used to make individuals and corporations even wealthier. (Chapter 5)

2. Identify the key advantages for each of the four (4) types of upper class forms of capital. (Chapter 5)

3. Discuss what is meant by the "ecology of class" and how it helps explain the favorable position of the upper-middle class when it comes to residential and occupational location. (Chapter 6)

4. The business world is the heart of the American middle-class economy. Identify and explain three (3) of the qualities that middle-class individuals entering this setting need in order to be successful. (Chapter 6)

The book used for this is listed below.

Title: Social Inequality and Social Stratification in the United States

Authors: Christopher B. Doob

ISBN-13: 978-0-205-79241-2

Publisher: Pearson Education