Sociology of the family SOC 227

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Question1) Reading 23 Family on the Fault Line, Lilian Rubin

According to the author, among the structural changes to the economy that most affected American families are

The shift from the manufacturing to the service sector

The restructuring of the corporate world

The competition from the low-wage workers in underdeveloped countries

All of the above

none of the above

Question 2) Reading 23 Family on the Fault Line, Lilian Rubin

In describing the myth of ‘America, the nation of equals,’ the author suggests that since “the rules say that everyone comes to the starting line equal, the different results are merely products of individual will and wit.” What does she mean by that?

question 3) Reading 24 Middle Class Families in the Age of Insecurity, Arlene Skolnick

The author suggests that unemployment seems to be harder on everyone in the family when it is the husband and father who loses his job. Why is that?

question 4) Reading 24 Middle Class Families in the Age of Insecurity, Arlene Skolnick

The author states that for the middle-class families who suddenly experience economic hardship ‘through no fault of their own,’ their predicament can’t be blamed on bad values or bad choices. What does she mean by that?