Class and Deviance Flashcards
1
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Underclass
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Coined in 1918 to refer to people oppressed by the capitalist class
2
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Marx and Engel View of the Underclass
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Burdensome, pauperised, residual, dislocated, redundant population
3
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4 These of Underclass
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Moral Turpitude Thesis - culturally deficient
Outcast Poverty Thesis - displaced by economic instability
Agnostic Thesis - skeptical about existence of it
Atheist Thesis - nonexistence of it
4
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Charles Murray’s View of Underclass
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People with low intelligence and unemployment
Idle, thieving bastards
5
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Underclass as Victims of Circumstance
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The role of the economy
Government policies
Structural inequalities
6
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White Collar Crime
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Crime committed by those in privileged positions in business and public organizations
