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39 Cards in this Set
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A Person's Job Reflects Their
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Social Class
Level of Achievement Self-Identity and Power |
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Lower Prestige Jobs
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Blue Collar Jobs
Manual Labor |
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Higher Prestige Jobs
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White Collar Jobs
Desk Jobs (lawyer/doctor) Higher Paying |
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Status Sharing
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When married women perceive their status it results from a combination of their occupation with their husband's
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Wealth
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best indicator of who is rich in a society
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Advantages to getting income from capital investments:
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Economic Security
Political Influence Deciding whether one wants to work or not |
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Wealth in U.S. Society
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is very concentrated and isn't distributed through the population evenly
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The U.S. Great Depression
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Wealth was more equally distributed (no one had any)
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From 1945 to 1976
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Wealth became ... FILL IN
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Compared to other nations the U.S.
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has .... FILL IN
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Before Industrialization
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All societies could be divided into small ruling classes and great mass of people
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Job Perquisite Hypothesis
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States that job perks increase directly to higher social class
Including: Sick Leave, Med Insurance, Pension Benefits |
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The Federal Budget
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Goes for public goods that really benefit the middle class and the rich
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Embourgeoisement
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Describes the working class, meaning the working class is affluent and doesn't want political change
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Working vs. Mddle Class
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BIG DIFFERENCES
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Working Class
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Danger and frequently death from injury
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Human Consiquences of Unemployment for Working Class individuals
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-have never been studied
-probably important and prominant in other areas of society |
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Working House vs. Middle/Upper House
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-TV central in living room
-Leisure activities stratification -neighborhood interaction w other fams |
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When was the poverty rate its lowest
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the 21st century???
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Country with the Highest poverty rate
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The United States
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Housing
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Working Class pays the highest proportion of their income for housing (compared to wealthy)
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Food Expenses
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Functions of Public Assistance
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-Maintenance of the status quo
-Return of assistance money to the nonpoor -No reduction in the rate of poverty |
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Kids in "Born Rich" are yearning for a
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More Meaningful LIfe
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Example of a Legacy
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George W. Bush
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"New" rich are
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-OVER repped in the film
b/c New don't know the rules |
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Born Rich kids have special latter income that is..
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-funds from wealth
-capital gains -taxed at a VERY low tax rate |
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Benefits of being Rich
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-Great Oppurtunities and freedom
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Cons of Being Rich
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Difficult and not necessarily successful family lives
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Endogamy
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Marrying within your social class/group of friends
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Exogamy
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Marrying outside your social class/group
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Pre-Nuptial Agreement
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Used to potect the rich and their riches in case of divorce
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What type of Housing to the working poor have?
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usually rental housing
trailer park housing brick row rental housing |
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Paycheck Stratification
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Poor barely see the money from their paycheck, goes straight to the bills
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Factors of Reproduction of Class
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-Income and Wealth
-Education -Residence |
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Class Defined by Marx
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Ownership of the means of production
(long term social and historical social comparison) |
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Stratification Defined by Weber
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-Opportunities or life chances
-Status -Power |
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Determining Class with socio-economic status
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-Place of Residence
-Income -Occupation -Education |
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Reserve Army of Labor
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Persons unemployed or underemployed
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