1. Describe three elements that affect how politics and social differences play out.

Explanation:

 The politics of socioeconomic divisions are influenced by the following three factors:

The result will rely on how individuals see their identities. It is quite challenging to make concessions for people whose identities are formed in restrictive, isolating ways.

How political leaders react to public demands will influence the outcome. It is simpler to give in to requests that respect the constitution and don't hurt other groups.

Depending on how the government responds to requests from various parties.


2. When does a social distinction turn into a social barrier?

Explanation:

The effect of social division occurs when social differences overlap. Situations like these lead to social splits when one sort of social difference trumps another and people start to feel like they belong to different groups. The discrepancies that cause societal divisions are those with overlapping differences.


3. How does politics impact societal divisions? Provide two instances.

Explantaion:

Democracy includes competition between many political parties. Their rivalry causes division in any community. If they start to compete on the basis of some underlying social divisions, it can convert social differences into political divisions and lead to war, violence, or even the disintegration of a nation. This has happened in a number of countries:

a). Ethnopolitical conflict has been violent and bitter in North Ireland. The population is made up of 44% Roman Catholics and 53% Protestants, the other two major Christian denominations in the country. Nationalist parties, which supported the unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland, a nation with a sizable Catholic population, served as the voice of Catholics. The Protestants were represented by Unionists who wanted to stay in mostly Protestant England. Due to societal issues brought on by the conflict between Nationalists and Unionists, hundreds of civilians died.

b). Political struggle along ethnic and religious lines in Yugoslavia led to the division of the country into six independent states.


4. .________________ social differences create possibilities of deep social divisions and tensions. ___________________ social differences do not usually lead to conflicts.

Explanation:

Overlapping social differences create possibilities of deep social divisions and tensions. Cross-cutting social differences do not usually lead to conflicts.

EXPLANATION: 

People begin to feel like they belong to distinct groups, which leads to social splits when one social difference overrides others. When social distinctions meet, tensions and serious societal divides may ensue. Social injustices with broad ramifications are easier to accept.

A cross-cutting social difference, as the name suggests, is one where one social difference is balanced out by another. As it is challenging to bring two groups of people into conflict, it is conceivable that organisations with comparable interests and goals on one subject will adopt conflicting viewpoints on other ones.


5. Which of the following claims about democracy is FALSE when addressing socioeconomic divisions?

  1.  Social differences are mirrored in politics as a result of political competition in democracies.

  2.  In a democracy, communities have the option of peacefully airing their complaints.

  3.  The ideal system for allowing for social variety is democracy.

  4.  Democracy inevitably causes social divides, which cause society to fall apart..

Explanation:

The aforementioned claim is untrue: (d). Democracy inevitably causes societal divides to cause society to fall apart.

  • Every country has societal disparities, no matter how big or little. Belgium is a little nation with few groups, but India is a huge nation with many communities.

  • Take Sweden and Germany as illustrations. The influx of immigrants is causing rapid transformation in these cultures. But, they haven't disintegrated. These nations all practise democracy.

  • Despite the fact that the majority of the world's nations are multicultural and built on democratic ideals, the majority of them remain together.

  • Despite the country's wide cultural differences and diversity, India has managed to avoid disintegrating.


6. Think about the following three claims.

A. When social inequalities intersect, social divides occur.

B. It's feasible for someone to have several identities.

C.Only large nations like India experience social divisions.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

  1. A, B, and C

  2. A and B

  3. B and C

  4. Only C

Explanation:

b.A and B

A. When social inequalities intersect, social divides occur.

B. It's feasible for someone to have several identities.

DETAIL: The phrase "social division" refers to repeating patterns of social division that are associated with membership in particular social groups, frequently in terms of advantages, disadvantages, injustices, and disparities. Social division develops when social inequalities converge. No matter how big or small a nation is, social division may exist anywhere. Within the social hierarchy, one individual may have several identities.


7. With the code provided below, arrange the following sentences in a logical order and choose the appropriate responses.

A. Yet, not every political representation of socioeconomic divides has to be deadly.

B. The majority of nations have some sort of social divide.

C. Political parties attempt to gain support by leveraging societal divisions.

D. Social divides may be caused by some social inequalities.

a) D, B, C, A

b) D, B, A, C

c) D, A, C, B

d) A, B, C, D

Explanation:

The  following correct order is :

a) D, B, C, A

D. Social divides may be caused by some social inequalities.

B. The majority of nations have some sort of social divide.

C. Political parties attempt to gain support by leveraging societal divisions.

A. Yet, not every political representation of socioeconomic divides has to be deadly.


8.  Which of the following nations experienced collapse as a result of political conflicts based on ethnic and religious identities?

a. Belgium\s

b. India

c. Yugoslavia \s

d. Netherlands

Which of the following is true?

Explanation:

 Yugoslavia was a nation that fell apart as a result of political conflicts based on ethnic and religious identities.

EXPLAIN: Political strife along religious and ethnic lines caused Yugoslavia to break up into six independent states. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's constituent republics split during a period of political and economic instability in the 1980s, but the unresolved issues resulted in brutal interethnic conflict in Yugoslavia.


9. Read the next section of Martin Luther King Jr.'s renowned 1963 address. Which socioeconomic class is he referring to? What are his concerns and goals? Do you think this speech has anything to do with the incident at the Olympics in Mexico that was mentioned in this chapter?

"I have a hope that one day, my four tiny children will live in a country where they will be valued for who they are as people, not for the colour of their skin.Freedom should ring. And when this occurs, and when we let freedom ring—when we let it ring from every town and city, from every state and village—we will be able to hasten the day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the tune of the traditional black spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Praise God Almighty, at last we are free! I hope that one day our country will live up to its credo, "We consider these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal," in the truest sense.

Explanation:

Martin Luther King Jr. was making a reference to the racist segregationist actions taken by white people against black people. According to him, this is the root of the social divide between the two groups. He wished for everyone to work together to create a stable society where many cultures could live in peace. He envisioned a world without race, one without discrimination on the basis of race. He wanted the different communities to appreciate one another and put an end to discrimination based on race.

His speech and the event at the Mexico Olympics do have the same trait in that they both express opposition to the plight of Black Americans.