Lecture 7

Question 1

Social Inequality

Answer 1

a condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, resources, prestige and power

Question 2

Stratification

Answer 2

when a system of social inequality is based on a hierarchy of groups

Question 3

Income

Answer 3

Salaries and wages

Question 4

Wealth

Answer 4

all of a person’s material assets (includes land, stocks, art, property)

Question 5

Bourgeoisie

Answer 5

owned means of production

Question 6

Proleteriat

Answer 6

workers

Question 7

petite bourgeoisie

Answer 7

• small time owners
• little capital

Question 8

Lumpenproletariat

Answer 8

• small time criminals
• unemployed

Question 9

The Factory Act

Answer 9

decreased the amount of time in which children could work in these factories

Question 10

Class consciousness

Answer 10

an awareness of what is in the best interests of one’s class

owner class always possesses this, as they pay min wage and maximize profit

Question 11

False Consciousness

Answer 11

a belief that something is in one’s best interests when it is not

working class typically possesses this

Question 12

Prestige

Answer 12

degree of respect an individual is viewed by the majority of people in society

Question 13

Precariat

Answer 13

combines the words precarious with proletariat

Question 14

Precarious employment

Answer 14

• flexible labour contracts
• temporary job
• part timer
• no secure occupational identity

Question 15

Mobility Sport

Answer 15

sports that offer people from a poorer socio-economic background

(basketball, soccer, boxing)