Ch. 8 Social Class Flashcards

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1
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What is social class?

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Max Theber defines social class as property, power, and prestige

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Does Marx agree or disagree with Theber’s definition of social class?

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Disagree. He believes social class is categorized by power and resources

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3
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Wealth

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what you own minus what you owe

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Income

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what comes in over a specified time period

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5
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Distribution of wealth

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  • unequally distributed
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Income distribution

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unequally distributed

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Is the wealth gap growing or shrinking?

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the wealth gap has been growing since the 1960’s

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8
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Democratic Facade

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to what extent does democracy allow the public to have an influence on decisions the government makes

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Power Elite

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make the decisions based on their own self interest

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Prestige

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we display prestige in many ways

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11
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Status Inconsistency

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ranking higher on some dimensions of status than others

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Lenski Study

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people want to maximize their status but others will try to bring up a lower status

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Eric Wright

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people can occupy contradictory class locations

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14
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Marx’s Model

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  • capitalists: wealthy
  • workers: proletariat
  • inconsequential others: beggars
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15
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Eric Wright’s model

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  • capitalists: wealthy
  • petty bourgeoisie: business owners
  • managers
  • workers
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16
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Cal + Gilberts model

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  • capitalists: top 1%
  • upper middle class: 125,000+
  • lower middle class: struggle financially but have normal lifestyles
  • workers: paid low wages
  • underclass workers: unqualified for many jobs and those they are qualified for are low paying
17
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What percent of the US population is below the poverty line?

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  • 20% (60 million)

- 67% of that are children

18
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When was the poverty line established?

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  • 1960’s due to the War on Poverty
19
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What are critiques of the poverty line?

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it does not account for many people because it doesn’t include people without adequate housing, food, and transportation

20
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Feminization of Poverty

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women are more likely to fall into poverty, especially if they are single mothers

21
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Deferred Gratification

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  • thought to be a reasoning into poverty

- people need immediate gratification

22
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Horatio Alger Myth

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  • encourages people to strive to get ahead

- blames individuals for their failures

23
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What are the 3 tiers expected to be in the future?

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  • wealthy
  • technically trained
  • jobless poor