Weber And Class Inequality Flashcards
What are the studies for Weber and social class ?
- Social class
- Status
- Party
- Barron and Norris: dual Labour market (status)
How does Weber: social class
How does Weber define social class ?
Group who share similar market situation and reverie similar economic rewards and share similar life chances
According to Weber: social class,
How does Weber argues there was a further divide within these two groups what was it ?
Owners of big business was can earn bigger profit than smaller businesses due to having a better market situation
According to Weber: Social class,
Weber suggest that in the capitalist society there are four main social classes what is it ?
- Propertied upper class: wealthy buisness owners
- Property-less white collar workers
- Petty bourgeoisie: owner of small businesses
- Manual working class: poorest market situation
Weber: status
What is status according to Weber ?
- Social honour and prestige and respect a person receives from others and whether seen as superior
- persons economic, class, religion,
According to Weber: status,
What are individuals aware of ?
Of their status situation so tend to identity with others of similar status e.g caste system in India
According to Weber:status
Class and status are closely linked but what can be different ?
Within classes, status distinction are important e.g divide upper class with land aristocracy and nouveaux riches
According to Weber:status, how can class and status overlap ?
With a person who becomes wealthy due to lottery but has no status just wealth
Weber: party
What is party ?
Groups who are concerned with Exercising power and influencing decision making
Weber: party
Examples of parties ?
- Trade unions : to improve wages
- RSPCA: Animal cruelty
- greenpeace
According to Weber: party
What are some parties linked to ?
To class interest
Weber: party
How are parties linked to class interest ?
E.g trade unions represent the working class
Pressure groups : for all classes and status groups e.g LGBTQ (stonewall)
According to Barron and Norris: dual labour market
What is the dual labour market split into ?
Primary and secondary labour
According to Barron and Norris: dual labour market
What is primary labour market ?
Secure and well paid jobs with good promotion
According to Barron and Norris: dual labour market
What is secondary labour market ?
Low paid and poor security jobs with low promotions