Weber & Class Inequality

Question 1

What is class?

Answer 1

Personal wealth and the skills are individuals can bring to the market place

Question 2

What does class depend on?

Answer 2

your market place - as people compete for scarce resources

= same market positions as you = same class

Question 3

What does class change and what is it characterised by?

Answer 3

Life chances and life style eg. Access to uni

Accent, locality, educations, intrests

Question 4

What are the major class divisions?

Answer 4

between property owners and propertyless ;

market position of propertyless have different skills to offer

Question 5

what does Weber say social stratification is?

Answer 5

A result from the limited resources in society -
economic resources prestige
Status
Political party

Question 6

What is growth of class down to?

Answer 6

Different qualifications and the power they have on workers in the market place when applying for jobs

Question 7

What are webers 4 different classes?

Answer 7

1. Dominate property owning
2. White collar intelligentsia
3. Petty bourgeoisie- small business owners
4. Manual working class

Question 8

What is status?

Answer 8

Your social position given to you by your prestige

Question 9

What is status formed out of?

Answer 9

Judgement; we value some characteristics and despises others
- when we judge people we are referring them as their social status
- members of status groups are usually aware of their common status position
EG. Share the same lifestyle and restrict interaction with outsides “social closures”

Question 10

Example of status?

Answer 10

Indias Caste System

- untouchables, at the bottom of society

Question 11

Give an example of where class and status is not the case

Answer 11

The nouveaux riches “newly riches”, excluding from the previllaged status due to taste, manners and dress

Question 12

What does stacey’s study show?

Answer 12

There are status groupes within social groups eg
Working class;
Respectable 
Ordinary 
Rough

Question 13

What is party?

Answer 13

Within each class there a social divisions based on status //

Any organisation that helps members pursue their common interests
— influences policy

Question 14

What does Runciman say about class position

Answer 14

its is the roles somebody does 
💡 occupations are more important in assigning a class position 
💡 career prospect is also important 
💡 economic power is important