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Sociologist John Porter opposed the view of this society as egalitarian, claiming instead that long-standing “charter groups” held more power in a “vertical mosaic.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this society whose “corporate elite” was studied by Porter’s student Wallace Clement.
ANSWER: Canada [or English Canada; or French Canada; accept The Canadian Corporate Elite]
[10m] Porter’s The Vertical Mosaic discussed this phenomenon in Canada. Max Weber is often credited with a three-component theory of this tendency of social classes or groups to be at distinct levels of a status hierarchy.
ANSWER: social stratification [or class stratification; accept word forms such as stratify or stratified; prompt on socioeconomic status or SES or inequality]
[10e] This Canadian author of Understanding Media repeatedly claimed that Canada has “no identity.” He also said “the medium is the message.”
ANSWER: Marshall McLuhan [or Herbert Marshall McLuhan]
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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2119.05100%91%0%