Social Class/Morality

Question 1

Evolutionism

Answer 1

the notion that human civilization proceeds in a linear fashion from a primitive state through successive stages that lead to the state of (Western) civilization

Question 2

Dualism/binaries

Answer 2

the view that differences between Europeans and Others can be accounted for in terms of categories, such as primitive-civilized or traditional-modern

Question 3

2 Activities of labour required for survival and flourishing of human beings?

Answer 3

1. Production: goods and services required to sustain life

2. Social reproduction: producing offspring, caregiving work

Question 4

Social relations involve differences in? (5 things)

Answer 4

• class
• gender
• sexuality
• race/ethnicity
• religion

Question 5

Basic principles of social stratification

Answer 5

1. A trait generalized across society
2. Persists over generations
3. Universal, but variable regarding amount and type of inequality
4. Involves inequality and beliefs of fairness

Question 6

What is social stratification?

Answer 6

A system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy (thereby producing social class)

Question 7

Meritocracy

Answer 7

social stratification based on personal merit (earned or deserved status)

Question 8

Ideology

Answer 8

cultural beliefs that justify patterns of inequality

Question 9

Stratification is functional (explain)

Answer 9

stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of a society–greater the importance or talent required, the more rewards a society attaches to it….little incentive for people to try their best in egalitarian societies

Question 10

Upper class in Canada…

Answer 10

• mostly inherit enormous wealth or ‘new rich’ entrepreneurs
• 5% of the population
• top executives or senior government officials
• 150,000$ plus

Question 11

Middle class in Canada..

Answer 11

• professionals to service people
• 40-45% of population
• upper middles are professionals
• average-middle are managers, clerks, and skilled blue-collar workers
• 33-130,000$ annually
• Median income was $70000

Question 12

The working class in Canada…

Answer 12

• Less skilled blue-collar jobs
• 33% of population
• jobs require discipline but no imagination

Question 13

The lower class in Canada…

Answer 13

• temporary, low prestige jobs
• 20% of population
• slightly better than unemployed