FINAL EXAM INFORMATION
SOCIAL POWER RELATIONS SOCI 1211
FINAL EXAM SUMMER 2014
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
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- The exam is open book but no additional papers are allowed with you except the following. You may have in your text post it notes not larger than 3 x3 inches. If you are caught with additional papers you will be required to leave the examination room whether you have completed the exam or not. You should not assume you will have the time to check over all your answers using the textbook; |
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- You must have all your electronic devices turned off and stored away. If you are caught using such a device you will be required to leave the examination room whether you have completed the exam or not; |
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- You must bring with you your own pencils in order to complete the scantron cards. It is a good idea to bring more than one pencil and a good eraser if you need to change your answers; |
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- There are no bathroom breaks once the exam has begun. |
INSTRUCTIONS
The exam will comprise 50 multiple choice questions 2 points each for a total of 100 points. The exam will be primarily based on chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13, and the notes and discussions undertaken in class associated with these chapters. Note that in order to understand fully the materials of Chapter 9-13, you will need to have knowledge of the discussion from previous chapters as each chapter builds upon previous chapters. You will also need to know:
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- Order theories (functionalism in particular, e.g. stratification theory) and change theories (conflict theory, e.g. class analysis theory) as this pertains to the topics/concepts discussed in class and in the text; |
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- Difference between SES & SC – only when the terms upper/middle/lower class are used does this not refer to SC, assume the term ‘class’ refers to SC; |
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- Material from the documentary: ‘Unrepentant’, thus the topic of residential schools and First Nations; and |
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- Material from the reading on nonviolence. |
The following are the concepts/topics/sections as well as the associated discussion from the Naiman text that you must know and understand, in addition to the above: (you may wish to peruse the subject index at the end of the text to review the places in the text a particular concept/idea has been introduced and discussed)
Ch. 9 – Globalization
Commons
Welfare state
Neoliberalism
Financialization
Structural adjustment policies
Corporate agenda
Ideological hegemony
Role of the state
US superpower
Global institutions
World trade organization
US military
Terrorism
Underdeveloped/developing nations, colonization, imperialism
Dialectics
Ch. 10 – Inequality
Theoretical explanations for inequality
Liberalism
Competition
Status symbols
Conspicuous consumption
Income
Wealth
Growing gap
Generation gap
Meritocracy
Gendered work
Class analysis
Neoliberalism
Unions
Wages
Social mobility
Ascribed & achieved statuses
Education
Poverty
Blame the victim
Role of government
Global scale of inequality
Ch. 11 – Race & ethnic relations
Difference between race & ethnicity
Racism
Ethnic chauvinism
Prejudice
Discrimination
Roots of racism
Racism in Canada
Liberal and class perspectives on racism
Indigenous peoples
Black Canadians
Immigration
Institutional racism
Assimilationism
Ideology of racism
Ch. 12 – Gender
Gender
Sex
Gender difference
Gender inequality
Biology
Feminism
Heterosexism
Liberal feminism
Radical view
Marxism
Patriarchy
Socialist feminism
Misogyny
Gender and power
Ch 13 – Looking towards the future
Social change: reform (reformism), revolution
Dialectics
Contradictions of capitalism, social/political/economic instability, problems associated with unlimited growth
Deep integration
Evolution of social class
Social movements
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