Distinguish between caste stratification and class stratification societies, and identify the basic characteristics of a stratified society.
Define income, wealth, occupation, status, and political voice in terms of class and illustrate how each contributes to difference in class.
Apply functionalist and conflict perspectives to explain why inequality exists and persists.
Recall measures of inequality in the United States and discuss inequalities based on income, wealth, and health.
Identify dimensions of global inequality and employ modernization theory, dependency theory, and/or world systems theory to explain disparities across nations and regions.
Discuss how social inequality and social stratification influences the degree of downward or upward mobility in a given society.
Assess how the structures of class and inequality may have influenced their own social position.
