Chapter 2: class and inequality

Question 1

Weber argues that there are 3 types of classes:

Answer 1

1. property classes
2. income classes
3. social classes

Question 2

for weber, class means …

Answer 2

groups of ppl who share common circumstance

Question 3

who talks about neo-marxism?

Answer 3

Erick Olin

Question 4

what are the 3 social classes that marx talks about?

Answer 4

1. wage labors
2. capitalists
3. land lords

Question 5

_______ is a central dimension of wright’s latest approach to class analysis

Answer 5

exploitation

Question 6

for weber, status situation means:

Answer 6

the status, prestige, and esteem that is associated with a position

Question 7

for weber, domination means:

Answer 7

regular patterns of inequality

• who will be poor
• specific power relationship within our economic system

Question 8

marx believed that the extraction of _____ leads to ______

Answer 8

surplus value, exploitation

Question 9

with regards to Wright’s exploitation, the profit-imperative means that …

Answer 9

owner wants worker to work longer and harder for less compensation

Question 10

For weber, power is the ability to …

Answer 10

excercise your will over another group even through they resist

Question 11

how do wage earners resist along 2 axes (wright)

Answer 11

1. roles in authority
2. skills

Question 12

Define Wright’s Exclusion principle

Answer 12

Inverse interdependence depends upon the exclusion of the exploited from access to certain productive resources

Question 13

what were marx’s 2 central classes?

Answer 13

1. Bourgeoisie
   * owners of means of production
2. prolateriat
   * labour wage earners

Question 14

how does Marx’s and Weber’s definition of classes differentiate from eachother?

Answer 14

• marx is primarily concerned about the social relations of produciton
• weber believes classes comprise of ppl who have similar command over economic resources and who have in common a casual component of their life chances

Question 15

define Wright’s appropriation principle

Answer 15

exclusion generates material advantage to exploiters b/c it enables them to appropriate the labor effort of the exploited

Question 16

how is there an agonistic relationship with the modes of production?

Answer 16

• businesses want to make profit
• employers need to cut costs to make profit
• employees biggest cost for businesses
• employees take the brunt of it

= this organises class struggle

Question 17

according to wright, if the first 2 principles are met, then exploitative economic oppression occurs.

Answer 17

False: non-exploitative oppression occurs

Question 18

what were Max Weber’s 4 common themes

Answer 18

1. class consciousness
2. class conflict
3. class interest
4. private property

Question 19

Olin Write’s class exploitation was based on 3 principles. they are …

Answer 19

1. inverse casual interdependence
2. exclusion
3. appropriation

Question 20

2 themes emerge from marx’s work that define class

Answer 20

1. class is based on productive relations
2. social relations are organized around those with power and those who dont

Question 21

how does weber define party ?

Answer 21

voluntary associations that organize the collective pursuit of interests

Question 22

Wright’s model describes how …

Answer 22

ppl are exploited according to their social relations

Question 23

productivity for wright means working harder and earning more money

Answer 23

False: working harder for less money

Question 24

all of wright’s 3 principles are required for exploitation to exist

Answer 24

True

Question 25

list the differences b/w marx and weber

Answer 25

Marx 1. base super structure 2. power rooted in economic structure 3. social-relational Weber 1. class, income, and education considered 2. power as multifaceted 3. distributional issues

Question 26

Wrights typology does not use class per se but it shows social location and relation to …

Answer 26

1. means of production 2. scarce skills 3. authority

Question 27

for weber classes are groups of ppl who share a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 27

common class situation

Question 28

for marx, he doesnt think that it is possible to have stratified societies without inequality

Answer 28

False

Question 29

how does *roles in authoirty* relate to wage earners

Answer 29

* can be used to leverage ones position * you become essential to the running of their business

Question 30

define Wright's inverse interdependence principle

Answer 30

material welfare of one group *casually depends* upon the material _deprivation_ of the other

Question 31

class struggle emerges from these two groups... they are

Answer 31

B and the P

Question 32

Marx sees the bourgeoise and prolateriat as social classes

Answer 32

False

Question 33

what was marx's famous quote on history of societies?

Answer 33

the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles * history has consequence for future societies * consequences of social forces

Question 34

Unlike Marx who believes that power is held by those who own the means of production, Weber argues ...

Answer 34

certain poeople in *high-status groups* derive power by virtue of their _social position_ rather than through economic control

Question 35

for weber, _class situation means_

Answer 35

life chances/power to access and dispose of resources

Question 36

what does class mean for marx?

Answer 36

interested in talking about the means of production * all societies are stratified * poverty consequence of gov policies, cultural attitudes, and beliefs about the other

Question 37

\_\_\_\_ is a feature of capitalism as a mode of production

Answer 37

class conflict

Question 38

how does *skills* relate to wage earners (wright)

Answer 38

* scarcity of skills and credentials command higher wages * problem is the shortage of job creation in the market