7.2 Flashcards
who viewed inequality as a good thing?
Durkheim
how did Marx view capitalism?
it divided the rich from the poor in new ways: capitalists were motivated to exploit workers, tension between workers and businesses - workers always get short end of stick, stratification becomes more pronounced
what were Marx’s two class systems?
proletariat and burgeouise
according to Durkheim, the opportunity to create different levels of income will do what for society?
it will MOTIVATE people to work harder = society becomes more productive than if people were content with staying where they are
what is cultural capital?
social resources; things you own that bestow a certain amount of prestige on you to gain what you want: respect, admiration
what is social mobility?
the degree to which we’re able to change one’s position in social structure
families that own a great deal of property (wealth), lots of cultural capital, high prestige, and who don’t have to work because their wealth works FOR them make up:
the upper class
those with high bureaucratic authority make up:
the corporate class
the middle class is made up of what kind of people?
people who own relatively little property; occupations provide high income; jobs tend to have high-middle levels of prestige/authority
most people in America identify as which class?
middle
doctors, lawyers, college professors, and accountants make up which class?
upper middle class
the manager of an individual store, an office worker, school teacher, postman, or government worker could all be an example of someone from which class?
lower middle class
define working class:
those who own little to no real property, have little to no income, and little to no authority
examples of the working class:
gardeners, manual laborers, clerical workers, blue-collar workers
define the lower class:
those with no real property, often unemployed, have no authority, and usually no prestige due to the employment they have
