Class Chapter 9 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Accomplished natural growth
Play working class
Concerted cultivation of skills
Tutors, Monitored, Busy schedule
Marx Social Class
Two classes of people- bourgeoisie meaning owners & proletariat meaning workers / working class is more educated = unions
Weber Social Class
Stratification/ What you own shows power & prestige - property and wealth
Wealth
value of financial assets such as savings real estate stocks minus debts
Income
money received from sources such as wages salaries and
Petite bourgeoisie
small business owners
Socialism
ane economic arrangement in which the state owns the major means of production (unions)
Marx Class Consciousness
need for political action for social change = revolt for change
Marx False Consciousness
end capitalism - believe in “we” instead of I
Middle class
hourly wages - blue collar
Class mobility
ability to move from one social class to another
Structural mobility
high paying jobs decline - laid off
individual mobility
class position changes w/out any change in class structure - parents class to children
Absolute Poverty
scarcity of resources so severe that it is life threatening
Relative Poverty
lack of basic resources needed to maintain a standard of living considered acceptable in society
Poverty line
cost of minimal food and multiply by 3
Misconceptions of poverty
2/3 are white not black
children are more likely to be poor
people remain in poverty
people are poor bc unwilling to work
Ideology - why inequality exists
Everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed
Success is based on merit
People can be successful by being hard working
Race to the bottom
poorer nations competing for foreign investment by sacrificing wages tax revenue
World Systems
Core nations- wealthy
Periphery- poorest / powerful
Semi-peri middle income
