Class

Question 1

Two major elements of ‘class’

Answer 1

Property
Poverty

Question 2

Socioeconomic status and social class

Answer 2

Class systems are relatively more fluid that caste, gender ad racial structures
Individuals ranked by their socioeconomic status and occupational prestige
Different aspects are co-related to each other
Composite measures need to be adopted to analyze fully
Multi-dimensional poverty and property dimensions

Question 3

comparison: Marx and Weber

Answer 3

Marx class: means and relations of production, class conflict
Weber’s class: multidimensional: one out of trio of people class, status, and party

Question 4

Karl marx: class conflict

Answer 4

Emerges through the tensions within the relations of production
Changes in the forces of production (technology and productive knowledge, for example) eventually come into conflict with relations of production driving social transformation
Countercultural movement

Question 5

Max Weber: status inconsistency

Answer 5

Individuals simultaneously occupying high and low positions across dimensions (ex. Barack Obama)

Question 6

Davis-moore thesis and the culture of poverty argument

Answer 6

Social stratification is necessary and beneficial
Some communities develop particular characteristics adapting hardships
Keeps the society at a stable state
Criticized for being too reductionist and victim blaming arguments

Question 7

Canadian Class Structure

Answer 7

Upper- middle clas
Lower-middleclass
Working class

Question 8

The underclass: erkin olin wright and the precariat: guy standing

Answer 8

Long term chronic poverty marked by unemployment or underemployment
Lack of marketable skills, and reliance on social assistance
They fail to acclimatize themselves because of their lack of suitable cultural attributes

Despite possessing a class character, they fail to represent and articulate themselves as a class
Precariatization completely strips the individuals off of all forms of social attributes and converts them into dehumanised commodities

Question 9

Mechanisms driving cultural chane

Answer 9

Discovery: the recognition of something hitherto unknown

Innovation: modification of existing cultural terms

Diffusions: spread of cultural practices

Question 10

Minority: The construction of the ‘other’

Answer 10

Lacking ‘social power’
Distinct from the dominant group