Weber: Class Inequalities Flashcards
What are the four studies for Weber ?
- Social class
- Status
- Party
- Barron and Noris
How did Weber define social class ?
Group/Members of society that receive the same : economic rewards, life chances and similar market situations
those who share similar life chances, economic rewards and similar market situation was Weber’s definition of what ?
Social class
Who did weber argue there was a division between in terms of social class ?
Further division between property owners and those who sold their labour for wages
Webers example of further division between business owners and those who sold their labour of wages in social class ?
- Owners of big businesses can potentially earn bigger profits than smaller business
- white collar workers can sell their labour at a higher price than manual workers
Why are these examples done according to Weber social class ?
To have a better market situation
What is the four main social classes Weber suggested was in the capitalist society ?
- Propertied upper class
- The property-less white-collar workers
- The petty bourgeoisie
- The manual working class
The propertied upper class, the property-less white-collar workers, the petty bourgeoisie , and the manual working class is example what ?
Four main social classes in a capitalist societies
What is the propertied upper class ?
The wealthy owners of big businesses
What is property-less white-collar workers ?
Those with skills and educational qualifications , they form the middle class
- have better market situation that manual workers because of qualifications
What is the petty bourgeoisie?
Owners of small businesses , Weber did not see as disappearing or merging into working class
What is the manual working class ?
Has the poorest market situation as they possess neither wealth or qualifications to improve their market situation
Those with skills and educational qualifications that form the middle class and have better market situation than market workers because of these qualifications is the definition of what ?
The property less white collar workers
This class has the poorest market situation as they possess no wealth or qualifications to improve their market situation is the definition for what ?
The manual working class
The wealthy owner of big businesses , what is this definition ?
The propertied upper class
Owner of small businesses , Weber did not see this class as disappearing or merging into the working class is the definition of what.
The petty bourgeoisie
What is status in short term ?
Social power
Where can your status come from ?
Class , religion, ethnicity , lifestyle and occupation
What can people have in terms of status ?
People can have low class but high status and people can have high class low status
Example of someone with low class but high status ?
Priest
Example of someone with high class but low status ?
Lottery winner
How do we socialise in terms of status ?
Socialise with those in the same status
What is status definition?
Honour, prestige , respect, inferiority and superiority
What is party according to Weber ?
Groups concerned with exercising power or influence decision making , political power
Example of groups that has to do with party ?
Political party , trade unions , pressure groups , charities
How is party linked to class ?
Many trade unions represent groups within the working class
Trade unions , political party , pressure groups and charities try to do what ?
Exercise change or power through the government
What does Barron and Norris argue about the economy ?
Economy is divided into two sectors
What does the dual labour market consist of according to Barron and Noris ?
Primary labour market and secondary labour market
What is the primary labour market ?
Secure, well paid jobs
What is secondary labour market ?
Low pay and poor security
Primary labour market and secondary labour market, comes from where ?
Dual labour market
What labour market does the working class concentrate in ?
Secondary labour market
What labour market is the middle class concentrated in ?
Primary labour market
What is social closure according to Barron and Norris ?
Exclusion of some people from membership of certain status groups
What does Barron and Norris say the primary labour market is guilty of ?
Of social closure
Exclusion of certain membership is certain status groups is the definition of what ?
Social closure
What are the evaluation of Barron and Norris ?
- simplistic ?
- a dated model ?
What does simplicity evaluation of Barron and Norris say ?
Barron claims that there are two types of jobs , primary and secondary labour market but there’s more of a spectrum of different jobs rather than good or bad jobs
What is a dated model evaluation of Barron and Norris ?
Worse jobs are increasing in quality due to workers right and increasing knowledge of healthcare and other concerns
What is the evaluation of Weber ?
- What is the solution ?
- subjective ?
What does what is the solution say ?
Weber fails to offer methods to improve society or the vision of what a better society would look like beyond class, party, status
- feminist problem is patriarchy, Marxist is Revolution to abolish capitalism
What does the subjective evaluation say ?
Can be much disagreement on what has high status , party power or higher class but not everyone can agree what that certain individual has party power
