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21 Cards in this Set
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what independent variable is the best predictor of occupational status?
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education
*access to education differs by class* |
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what are the 3 ways that the educational system helps to reproduce the existing patterns of social stratification
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1. unequal funding of schools(through property tax)
2.testing and tracking(poor kids test worse on standard testing then wealthy kids) 3.self fulfilling prophecy(expect nothing, get nothing) |
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Are people more likely to experience upward social mobility within a single generation, or across generations
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accross generations- ppl transfer wealth to their children in ways such as education, not necessarily $
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what do sociologists mean by the term "cultural capital"
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widely shared, high status cultural signals-food, cars, clothes, etc.
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how is the poverty rate calculated
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% of ppl living below the poverty threshold. makes less than 3x the food budget
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what is meant by the phrase the feminization of poverty
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women living alone with children have the highest chance of being poor
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the greatest number of poor ppl belong to what race
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white-> 63% of all poor children are white
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people of what race have the least chance of being poor
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white-> of all white children, only 15% are poor
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what was william Julius wilson's challenge to the common belief that the poor are to blame for their own povery
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poverty is a structural result of opprotunity structres
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what was the ideology that max weber believed lies beneath the belief that the poor are to blame for their own poverty
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protestant Ethic- wealthy are blessed; sore intrinsic factor; poor deserve poverty b/c something intrinsic in their souls *deviant*
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what are the 3 sectors of the economy and how do they correspond to the three historical revolutions in the history of human labor
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see the notes!!!
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what are the 3 stages of labor market development
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1. initial proletarianization/creation of working class
2. labor homogenization/jobs became increasinly mechanical and deskilled 3.labor market segmentation/ labor market has split b/t high pay with a lot of education and low paying w/little education |
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what are the 3 barriers that prevent secondary labor workers from moving up into the primary labor market?
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1. not very many entry level positions in 1* labor market
2.class (1* labor market:ppl share social ties) 3.education |
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what effect does union membership seem to have on social mobility
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trumps gender and race/when looking at state of income, women in union will make more $ than white males not in union)
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what is the difference b/t capitalist and socialist view of private property
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capitalist-prosperity is privately owned
socialist- prosperity is collectively owned and controlled |
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what is the difference b/t capitalist and socialist view of profit
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capitalist- motive of business is profit
socialist- collective goals are pursued. universal health care and education etc. profit is seen as no good |
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what is the difference b/t teh capitalist and socialist view of the market
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capitalist-gov. allows free market to regulate itself (theoretically)
socialist- centrally controlled(communism) economy is completely controlled and regulated by the government |
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what is the difference b/t the capitalist and socialist view of competition
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capitalist- justice is defined by the market.competition is basic good. so are profit winnings
socialist- everybody's needs should be filled. someone should not win and make someone else lose |
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which economic ideology tends to be held by labor supporters and which by those who oppose unionization
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capitalist- free market ideology
socialist- socialist ideology |
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what was the effect of the rapid globalization of the economy on the US labor market during the 1980's
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-factories moved overseas
-high paying union jobs decreased -used cheap nonunion labor |
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what is labor market segmentation
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large # of working class ppl shifted downwards to 2* jobs
Good jobs for educated only. |
