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Social Class in the United States Chapter 8 Social Class in the United States

What is Social Class? Property Power Distinction Between Wealth and Income Distribution of Property Distribution of Income Power “Democratic Façade” © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

What is Social Class? Prestige Power Elite Gov’t Makes no Decisions without Power Elite? Prestige Occupations and Prestige © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

What is Social Class? Status Inconsistency Displaying Prestige They Pay More They Require More Education They Entail More Abstract Thought They Offer Greater Autonomy Displaying Prestige Status Inconsistency © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Sociological Models of Social Class Updating Weber Capitalist Class The Upper Middle Class The Lower Middle Class The Working Class The Working Poor The Underclass © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Consequences of Social Class Physical Health Mental Health Family Life Choices of Husbands and Wives Divorce Child Rearing © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Consequences of Social Class Education Religion Politics Crime and the Judicial System © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Social Mobility Intergenerational Upward Downward Structural Exchange Women and Social Mobility © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Poverty Who Are the Poor? The Geography of Poverty Race–Ethnicity Education The Feminization of Poverty Old Age © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Why are People Poor? Social Structure Characteristics of individuals Features of society deny some people access to education or training in job skills Characteristics of individuals Poverty triggers © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Welfare Reform Reforming Welfare The Conflict View Where Is Horatio Alger? The Social Functions of a Myth © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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