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Assignment:
1. Many researchers argue that, in the United States, most arrests for street crime involve people of lower class position. Why, according to Merton's Strain Theory, would this be the case? Explain your answer.
2. Modernization Theory and Dependency Theory each present an explanation of global stratification.
a) In your opinion, which theory best explains the pattern of global poverty? Why?
b) Based on the theory you chose, describe 2 policies or changes a low income nation might enact to reduce poverty and hunger in that nation? Be specific and include possible barriers to implementing the proposed policies/changes.
3. Describe the overall distribution and patterns of income and wealth in the United States. Discuss how this data might shape future trends in social mobility.
4. Global Poverty:
a) Discuss global poverty.
b) Explain the consequences of global poverty.
c) Discuss the implications of global poverty to both high income nations and to low income nations.