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Chapter 8
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The unequal distribution of:WealthPowerPrestige
Due to meritocracy or social stratification
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Social hierarchy Division of society into groups
UpperMiddleLower
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Criteria for Stratification:RaceClassGender AgeWhatever is socially important.
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1. A characteristic of society
2. Persists over generations
3. All societies stratify their members
4. Maintained through beliefs (Ideology) Divine right of kings White man’s burden Work hard and you will achieve
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1. Slavery2. Caste system3. Social class
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Most extreme form of stratification
People are propertyCan be bought and sold
Provide labor
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Status determined by heredity (birth) Religious Economic Political Physical characteristics
Cannot be changed ▪ Apartheid in South Africa (1948-1991)
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4 official groups:
BlackWhiteIndianColoured
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf2dScTlvOQ
System based on access to resources: Wealth Property Power Prestige
Sociologists refer to it as socioeconomic status (or SES).
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Upper class: Wealthiest people in U.S. About 1% of the U.S. population Most of the wealth of the country
How the very rich live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPBxN9Ez1o&feature=relate
d Playhouses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feApzG9FUuY&feature=related
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/ceo-pay-ratios/RATIO OF CEO COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEE PAY
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Top 10 of Forbes 400 Wealthiest in 2012
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http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#page:1_sort:0_direction:asc_search:_filter:All%20industries_filter:All%20countries_filter:All%20states
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eimh45igdg/1-dustin-moskovitz/Youngest Billionaires 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/national/class/****SOCIAL CLASS MATTERS
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Professionals and ManagersExecutivesManagersWell-educated
▪College or postgraduate degrees
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“White collar” workersBroad range of incomesLost Decade of Middle Class
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/
2012/08/22/video-lost-decade-of-the-
middle-class/
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“Blue-collar” or service industry workers
Less likely to have college degrees
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“Working poor”▪Unemployed
Typically have lower levels of literacy
Minimum wages by state http://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-
minimum-wage-chart.aspx
Income for household with 2 people working 40 hours/week at minimum wage jobs.
$2494.00/month $29,928/year
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/poverty-rises-despite-end-of-recession_n_1023946.html
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The original version of the federal poverty measure, which was developed by Mollie Orshansky of the Social Security Administration in the 1960s.
Updated each year by the Census Bureau, the thresholds are used mainly for statistical purposes.
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The other version of federal poverty measure.
Issued every year, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Guidelines are a simplification of the poverty thresholds
Created for administrative use, such as determining financial eligibility for certain federal programs.
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2013 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATESAND THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIAPersons in
family/householdPoverty guideline
For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,020 for each
additional person. 1 $11,4902 15,5103 19,5304 23,5505 27,5706 31,5907 35,6108 39,630
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http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/tools-for-advocates/guides/federal-poverty-guidelines.html
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Social Security lifted roughly 14.5 million seniors above the poverty line.
Without SS, the number of people ages 65+ in poverty would have increased five-fold
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Social institution: Organizes society’s
Production, Distribution, and Consumption of goods and services
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Goods: Commodities (products)
Services: Activities that benefit people
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Production: Which goods and services Consumer goods:
▪ Food ▪ Shelter▪ Clothing
Producer goods: Resources to create goods▪ Cotton▪ Steel▪ Water
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Education
Communication
Transportation
Health
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TransportationPackagingStorageAdvertising
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Purchase and Use of goods & services by households
Major determinants Consumption
IncomePrice
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HENRY FORD: It is customers, not employers, who really pay workers’ wages; employers merely look after the cash.
Economies do best when workers can afford to buy the goods that they make.
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Drives 70% of the U.S. economy
We are all consumersThings we buy every week:Groceries, gasoline, clothingCreate the demand that keeps companies making products
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CapitalismSocialism
No nation completely one or
the other
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1. Private ownership of means of production
2. Production based on profit
3. Competition
4. Self-interest
5. Limited government influence
1. Public ownership of the means of production
2. Production based on human needs
3. Equality of all people
4. Democracy
5. Common good 41
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U.S. considered a Capitalist system
Most businesses are privately owned
Government: Large role in the economy
Public Ownership: Schools Highways Parks Museums
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Sets minimum wage levels
Workplace safety standards
Provides farm price supports
Negotiates trade policies
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/01/us/government-incentives.html
Average American Families Pays $6K a Year in Big Business Subsidies
http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/24/average-american-family-pays-6k-a-year-in-subsidies-to-big-business/
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Karl Marx: Two main social classes in capitalist societies:
1.Capitalists (or bourgeoisie) Own the means of
production
2.Workers (or proletariat) Sell their labor for wages
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Max Weber: Social Class has 3 components:
1.Class (Wealth: money, investments)
2.Status (Prestige)
3.Party (Power)
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Social Prestige of Selected Occupations in U.S.
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Social Prestige of Selected Occupations in U.S.
White Collar Blue CollarScore White Collar Score Blue Collar
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Erving Goffman: Social class indicated by: Clothing Speech Gestures Possessions Friends Activities
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Motivates people to
achieve
Allocates people into jobsPoor provide jobs for othersSocial service
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Theory in Everyday Life
The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology, 2nd EditionCopyright © 2010 W.W. Norton & Company