Dr. John Lamberton, Clinical Sociologist PUTTING SOCIOLOGY TO WORK |
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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY INEQUALITY & WEALTH Proprietary Lecture Notes |
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INEQUALITY Read the following two articles by clicking on these links: The Criminal Justice System & Social Exclusion Please learn the following terms in red: (1)
INCOME is the economic gain derived from wages,
salaries, income transfers (governmental aid), and ownership of
property. (2) WEALTH is the value of all of a person’s or
family’s economic assets, including income, personal property, and
income-producing property. (3) LIFE CHANCES refer to the extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources such as food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care.
(5) SOCIAL
MOBILITY
- Social mobility is the movement of
individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within
or between social strata in a society. It is a change in social status
relative to one's current social location within a given society.
Upward & Downward
Mobility – Khan Academy (6) Mobility Blockers
(7) The class system is a type of stratification based
on the ownership and control of resources and on the type of work that
people do.
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Max Weber
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Weber emphasized that
no single factor was sufficient for defining the location of categories
of people within the class structure.
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Weber developed a
multidimensional approach to social stratification that reflects the
interplay among wealth, prestige, and power.
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Socioeconomic status
(SES) to refer to a combined measure that attempts to classify
individuals, families, or households in terms of factors such as income,
occupation, and education to determine class location
(9) Contemporary
Sociological Models of the U.S. Class Structure Max Weber's model of social
class is based on (1) education, (2) occupation, and (3) income.
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The Upper
(Capitalist) Class = 1%
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The Upper-Middle
Class = 14%
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The Middle Class =
30%
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The Working Class =
30%
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The Working Poor =
20%
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The Underclass = 5%
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Erving Goffman –
Presentation of Self (11) WEALTH INEQUALITY - WEALTH INEQUALITY SOCIAL EXCLUSION reduces the access to valuable relationships and resources as people are pushed, pulled away and relegated to the fringes of society. This can lead to ill-health and crime. Minorities as a group are often easy targets for social exclusion. Social Exclusion and BullyingSocial exclusion (segregation and social isolation)RICH VS POOR MINDSET
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