Author Question: The text observes that the traditional division of the nations of the world into the ranked ... (Read 83 times)

dakota nelson · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

The text observes that the traditional division

of the nations of the world into the ranked categories of First, Second and Third World countries has become outdated because:
a. of the Soviet system's collapse, since the Soviet Union and its satellites comprised the Second World nations.
b. of the fact that scholars came to feel that the Third World was an excessively broad category.
c. this scheme was clearly value driven, implying that the First World was superior and the Third World backward.
d. all of the above

Question 2

If you were a symbolic interactionist, which of the following items would you believe an important topic of study?

a. the division of the social classes
b. the differences in property, power and prestige among the various social classes
c. determining how many social classes there are in the society
d. the use and meaning of status symbols in a society