Textbook notes from all chapters 1-3

Question 1

exploitation is central to Parkin’s approach to class analysis

Answer 1

FALSE: power is

Question 2

Marx dismisses strata disctinctions beceuase

Answer 2

tendency of capitalism to transform labour into wage labor

Question 3

“different capacity to command resources, which gives rise to structures asymmetric relations of domination and subordination among social actors” this is the definition of? who is for it?

Answer 3

Power for Grabb

Question 4

Wright integrates 2 key concepts. they are

Answer 4

Skills Authority

Question 5

for parkin, how does the state contribute to the exclusionary practice of credentialism

Answer 5

by issuing/legitimizing licenses only to members of professional organizations who have achieved the credentials required by professional organizations

Question 6

for parkin, he is concerned with the legalistic approach to class. As in, looking at the access to legal rights and credentials

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Neo-marxism is concerned with means of production and class

Answer 7

False: they are concerned about issues of exploitation, authority, and credentials

Question 8

parkin and Grabb emphasize the dualism b/w structure and human agency?

Answer 8

true`

Question 9

Power is of central importance to Grabb

Answer 9

True

Question 10

for parkin, the 2 central modes of closure are

Answer 10

1) basis of property 2) basis of credentials

Question 11

marx is concerned with how resources are ditrsibuted within capitalism

Answer 11

False: he emphasizes the relationships among ppl who engage in economic systems of production

Question 12

what are the 3 types of legitimate domination? for weber

Answer 12

1) traditional authority 2) legal authority 3) charismatic authority

Question 13

Parkin also talks about social closure through credentialism

Answer 13

True

Question 14

parkin believes that classes should be defined in relation to the means of production

Answer 14

False: classes should be defined in relation to their modes of social closure

Question 15

“refers to processes through which collectives restrict access to resources and opportunities to those inside the group”

Answer 15

social closure

Question 16

Production is central to Wright’s approach to class analysis

Answer 16

False: Exploitation is

Question 17

Grabb uses the term Usurpation

Answer 17

False: Parkin does

Question 18

parkin discusses power in relation to the idea of social closure

Answer 18

True

Question 19

___ and ___ are other pillars of social power according to weber

Answer 19

Parties and Status Groups

Question 20

Marx: the key is the means by which ppl earn income through their labour power, capital, or landed propety

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Weber and neo-weberians focus on Class, Power, and Distribution

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Marx believes that power relations are structural and cannot be separated from class relations

Answer 22

True

Question 23

what are Olin Wright’s 2 themes

Answer 23

1) social class is based in productive relations 2) social clas is conceptualized in relational terms

Question 24

Weber disagrees with marx regarding the importance of property ownership in the assessment of class

Answer 24

False. He does agree with him on this point

Question 25

for parkin, Uruspation strategies are…

Answer 25

counterveiling uses of power mobillized by subirtinate classes to gain access to scarse resoruces or to acheive distributive justice

Question 26

what are Grabbs 3 means of power?

Answer 26

• control of material resources - control of poeple - control of ideas

Question 27

For Weber, Domination us a specific power relation in which regular patterns of inequality are established where by the subortinate group ACCEPTS that position in a sustained arrangement

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Through usurpation, parkin argues that subordinate groups or individuals have power

Answer 28

True

Question 29

what are Weber’s 4 main social classes?

Answer 29

1) classes priviledged by property or education 2) propertyless intellectuals 3) petite Bourgiesie 4) working class as a whole

Question 30

Wright: class conflict results not simply over wage levels but also over how much “work effort” is expected

Answer 30

True

Question 31

how are classes defined for marx? A) thorugh social relations that connect ppl to resources associated with means of production? B) by their relationship to their status within society and relationship with owning labor C) defined by those who have the most power and those who dont

Answer 31

A

Question 32

Parkin: cuz of exclusionary rules, the dominant class possess a legal monopoly of professional services

Answer 32

true

Question 33

Grabb believes that power is distributed equally along class lines

Answer 33

False