Social Inequality Flashcards
financial capital example
someone who has no education or people skills and doesn’t know how to dress or act in public situations but wins the lottery
social capital example
a bartender who is very personable and meets a lot of wealthy people but never makes much money and doesn’t act fancy
cultural capital example
comes from a poorer family but gets a Phd but still can’t get a job because he doesn’t know anyone
what is cultural capital
just think of anything that is not social or financial
such as education
class consciousness vs false consciousness
class - identifying as a member of ones economic class false - focusing on other parts of identity while not identifying ones own class buy into incorrect ideas about social class
how does a caste system define class
class position determined by someones family not socioeconomic status
why don’t people in lower payer jobs rebel against the higher class peopl
false consciousness makes them identify with these higher class people
power in sociology
ability to get things done
not just rich people can also use cultural capital
prestige
certain things are associated with higher levels of society
ex. range rover
privilege
favourable assumptions about someone beyond they’re control
think of white privlege with people
what is intersectionality
social experience is unique to each race, gender, etc
absolute poverty
can’t get basic life necessities
relative poverty
sense of poverty relative to others in community
compare to our reference groups
marginal poverty
lack of stable employment
structural poverty
wealth inequality based on how society is structured
think of interest on loans poor people taking out
