Chapter 2: class and inequality Flashcards
Weber argues that there are 3 types of classes:
- property classes
- income classes
- social classes
for weber, class means …
groups of ppl who share common circumstance
who talks about neo-marxism?
Erick Olin
what are the 3 social classes that marx talks about?
- wage labors
- capitalists
- land lords
_______ is a central dimension of wright’s latest approach to class analysis
exploitation
for weber, status situation means:
the status, prestige, and esteem that is associated with a position
for weber, domination means:
regular patterns of inequality
- who will be poor
- specific power relationship within our economic system
marx believed that the extraction of _____ leads to ______
surplus value, exploitation
with regards to Wright’s exploitation, the profit-imperative means that …
owner wants worker to work longer and harder for less compensation
For weber, power is the ability to …
excercise your will over another group even through they resist
how do wage earners resist along 2 axes (wright)
- roles in authority
- skills
Define Wright’s Exclusion principle
Inverse interdependence depends upon the exclusion of the exploited from access to certain productive resources
what were marx’s 2 central classes?
- Bourgeoisie
* owners of means of production - prolateriat
* labour wage earners
how does Marx’s and Weber’s definition of classes differentiate from eachother?
- marx is primarily concerned about the social relations of produciton
- weber believes classes comprise of ppl who have similar command over economic resources and who have in common a casual component of their life chances
define Wright’s appropriation principle
exclusion generates material advantage to exploiters b/c it enables them to appropriate the labor effort of the exploited
how is there an agonistic relationship with the modes of production?
- businesses want to make profit
- employers need to cut costs to make profit
- employees biggest cost for businesses
- employees take the brunt of it
= this organises class struggle
according to wright, if the first 2 principles are met, then exploitative economic oppression occurs.
False: non-exploitative oppression occurs
what were Max Weber’s 4 common themes
- class consciousness
- class conflict
- class interest
- private property
Olin Write’s class exploitation was based on 3 principles. they are …
- inverse casual interdependence
- exclusion
- appropriation
2 themes emerge from marx’s work that define class
- class is based on productive relations
- social relations are organized around those with power and those who dont
how does weber define party ?
voluntary associations that organize the collective pursuit of interests
Wright’s model describes how …
ppl are exploited according to their social relations
productivity for wright means working harder and earning more money
False: working harder for less money
all of wright’s 3 principles are required for exploitation to exist
True
list the differences b/w marx and weber
Marx
- base super structure
- power rooted in economic structure
- social-relational
Weber
- class, income, and education considered
- power as multifaceted
- distributional issues
Wrights typology does not use class per se but it shows social location and relation to …
- means of production
- scarce skills
- authority
for weber classes are groups of ppl who share a _________
common class situation
for marx, he doesnt think that it is possible to have stratified societies without inequality
False
how does roles in authoirty relate to wage earners
- can be used to leverage ones position
- you become essential to the running of their business
define Wright’s inverse interdependence principle
material welfare of one group casually depends upon the material deprivation of the other
class struggle emerges from these two groups… they are
B and the P
Marx sees the bourgeoise and prolateriat as social classes
False
what was marx’s famous quote on history of societies?
the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles
- history has consequence for future societies
- consequences of social forces
Unlike Marx who believes that power is held by those who own the means of production, Weber argues …
certain poeople in high-status groups derive power by virtue of their social position rather than through economic control
for weber, class situation means
life chances/power to access and dispose of resources
what does class mean for marx?
interested in talking about the means of production
- all societies are stratified
- poverty consequence of gov policies, cultural attitudes, and beliefs about the other
____ is a feature of capitalism as a mode of production
class conflict
how does skills relate to wage earners (wright)
- scarcity of skills and credentials command higher wages
- problem is the shortage of job creation in the market
