Social Class in the United States. What is Social Class? Property –Distinction Between Wealth and Income –Distribution of Property –Distribution of Income.

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Social Class in the United States

What is Social Class? Property –Distinction Between Wealth and Income –Distribution of Property –Distribution of Income Power –“Democratic Façade” –Power Elite –Gov’t Makes no Decisions without Power Elite? © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

What is Social Class? © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ● Occupations and Prestige - They Pay More - They Require More Education - They Entail More Abstract Thought - They Offer Greater Autonomy

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Distribution of the Property of Americans

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Distribution of the Income of Americans

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Dividing the Nation’s Income

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Marx’s Model of the Social Classes

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Sociological Models of Social Class Updating Max Weber –Capitalist Class –The Upper Middle Class –The Lower Middle Class –The Working Class –The Working Poor –The Underclass © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The U.S. Social Class Ladder

Consequences of Social Class Physical Health Mental Health Family Life –Choices of Husbands and Wives –Divorce –Child Rearing © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Consequences of Social Class Education Religion Politics Crime and the Judicial System © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Social Mobility Upward Downward Structural Exchange Women and Social Mobility Interpreting Statistics on Social Mobility The Pain of Social Mobility © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Patterns of Poverty

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Race–Ethnicity and U.S. Poverty

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Who Ends Up Poor? Poverty by Education and Race-Ethnicity

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Births to Single Mothers

Poverty Drawing the Poverty Line Official Measure Inadequate Line Arbitrary Children of Poverty

Poverty Who Are the Poor? –The Geography of Poverty –Race–Ethnicity –Education –The Feminization of Poverty –Old Age © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Myths About the Poor Most are Lazy Poor are Trapped and Few Escape More Rural than Urban Most Poor are African-Americans Most are Single Mothers and Children Most Live in Inner City Most are on Welfare © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Dynamics of Poverty Culture of Poverty Most Poverty is Short-lived Culture of Poverty Most Poverty is Short-lived Number of Poor Relatively Stable © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

© 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. How Long Does Poverty Last?

Why are People Poor? Social Structure –Features of society deny some people access to education or training in job skills Characteristics of individuals Poverty triggers © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Poverty Welfare Reform –Welfare Restructured in 1996 –The Conflict View Deferred Gratification Where is Horatio Alger? Social Functions of a Myth © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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