Assignment: Agency / Structure / Meritocracy
Lecture Questions
1) Provide one example of how race limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
2) Provide one example of how gender limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
3) Provide one example of how class limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
4) Provide one example of how sexual orientation limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
5) Provide one example of how ethnicity limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
6) Provide one example of how age limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
7) Provide one example of how religion limits and enhances opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
8) Provide one example of how customs limit and enhance opportunity and explain how opportunity is limited and enhanced as a result.
9) Where do you lie on the ideological continuum between agency and structure? In other words, how much of a role do structural elements play in determining opportunity in society? Explain your answer in detail.
10) Provide one example of how an agency-driven orientation that blames the person would attempt to solve the social problem of poverty. Explain your answer.
11) Provide one example of how an structure-driven orientation that blames the system would attempt to solve the social problem of poverty. Explain your answer.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.