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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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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateColumbia B0101020ME
British ColumbiaToronto B0101020ME
Chicago AMichigan0101020ME
Chicago BPenn State0101020ME
Columbia AMinnesota0101020ME
Cornell AWaterloo A0101020ME
Illinois ARIT0101020ME
IndianaYale0101020ME
Iowa StateFlorida0101020ME
Johns HopkinsNorthwestern0101020ME
MITIllinois B0101020ME
MarylandVanderbilt0101020ME
North Carolina BGeorgia Tech0101020ME
Ohio StateGeorgia State0101020ME
OttawaNorth Carolina A0101020ME
StanfordUCF0101020ME
Toronto CRutgers0101020ME
UC Berkeley AWaterloo B001010E
UC Berkeley BVirginia Tech0101020ME
WUSTL ACornell B0101020ME
Winona StateWUSTL B001010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2119.05100%91%0%