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17 Cards in this Set
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What is the most widely accepted definition of social class and who coined the term?
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Weber- a large group of people who rank closely to one another in terms of property (wealth), power and prestige
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What is wealth? Where is it concentrated?
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consisting of the value of property and income
concentrated in upper classes |
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Explain the US trends in terms of the distribution of wealth since the earl 1900's.
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1930's-1970: trend in distribution of wealth was towards greater equality, since than it has been towards greater inequality
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What is power?
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the ability to get one's way even though others resist
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What is power elite? Who coined the term?
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C. Wright Mills- small group that holds the reins of power in business, government, and the military
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What is prestige linked to? Explain prestige in global terms.
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linked to occupational status
people's rankings of occupational prestige have changed little over time and remain similar around the world |
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What is status?
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social position
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What does status consistent mean?
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people rank high or low on all three dimensions of social class, most people are like this
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What is the negative result of status inconsistency?
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frustrations tend to produce political radicalism
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Explain Erik Wrights model of social class. Who did he base it off of? What was it?
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Marx- four class system- capitalists, small business owners, managers and workers
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Explain Kahl and Gilbert's model. Who was it based on? What was it?
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Weber- capitalist class at top than upper middle class, lower middle class, working class, working poor and underclass
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What are the three types of social mobility?
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intergenerational mobility
structural mobility exchange mobility |
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What is intergenerational mobility?
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changes in social class from one generation to another
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What is structural mobility?
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changes in society that lead large number of people to change their social class
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What is exchange mobility?
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movement of large numbers of people from one class to another, with the net result that the relative proportions of the population in the classes remain about the same
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What groups in the US are most likely to be in poverty?
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racial-ethnic minorities (except Asian-Americans), children, households headed by women, rural Americans
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How is the Horatio Alger myth functional for society?
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-the belief that anyone can get ahead if only he or she tries hard enough, encourages people to strive to get ahead, also defects blame from society to individual
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