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| A large group of people who rank closely to each other in terms of property, power, and prestige. |
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| Value of property minus debts (aka net worth) |
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| The ability to carry out your way even thought others resist. |
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| Holds power on business, government, and military. |
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| Respect or regard that is given to somebody. (more money, education, and independence) |
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Similar rank in all 3 dimensions of social class.
(Property, Power, Prestige) |
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| Mixture of high/low rankings. |
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| Status instability, values breakdown. |
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| Contradictory Class Locations |
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Contradictory interests due to change in class.
(Beverly Hillbillies) |
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| Divided by education, upper/lower. |
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No chance of advancing anywhere.
No connection with job market.
On welfare. |
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| Only a H.S. education. Little hope. |
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The 4 Consequences of Social Class
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1. Education provides upward mobility.
2. Religion - different denominations.
3. Politics in the USA are:
-> Republicans=(Good), Democrats=(Bad)
4. Physical health goes up, mental health, |
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Social Mobility
Inter-generational Mobility
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| Changes in social class from one generation to the next. |
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Social Mobility -
Downward Social Mobility |
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| Next generation goes downward. |
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Social Mobility
Upward Social Mobility |
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| Next generation goes upward. |
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Social Mobility -
Structural Mobility |
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| Changes in society that lead to large # of people to change social class. |
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Social Mobility -
Exchange Mobility |
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| Large #'s of people go up and down the class ladder, but proportions stay the same. |
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| U.S. government determination of who is poor. |
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| What are factors that affect where you are in comparison to the poverty line? |
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| Gender, Age, Geography, Race-Ethnicity, Education |
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| Discrimination of Poverty |
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| Assume they are different from other Americans. |
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| Horatio Alger (author) Myth |
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| Belief that anyone can get ahead with hard work. |
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