Problem 1: Define social stratification. What is the difference between caste and class systems? Provide a summary as well as a critique of functionalists: Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore's analysis of social stratification.
Problem 2: Sociologically speaking, race is a socially constructed label. Define race and give two examples to explain how race is socially constructed? What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
Problem 3: Explain the difference between prejudice and discrimination. According to conflict theory, how can prejudice and discrimination be used as techniques of domination within racial and ethnic relations? What advantages does this give to superior/dominant groups in society?
Problem 4: Choose two of the following theories of societal or social change: functionalist, evolutionary, conflict-oriented, rise-and-fall theories. Describe the main argument of each theory and conduct a compare/contrast analysis of the two theories.