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| unequal distribution of valued goods, services |
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Marxism-core concern is societal inequality
he saw only 2 classes, proletariat: working class, sold their labor for subsistence wages. And the bourgeoisie:elite, owned the means of production
this system creates inequality, and marx persceived conflict as good since it can bring about needed social change. |
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came after Marx
felt that marx's view of inequality (primarily economics) was too narrow.
Need to also consider economic position, prestige, power.
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after Weber
accepts Webers premise of importance of class (property), prestige, and power.
includes that to understand stratification, we need to consider societal evolution (level of development) |
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| rely on human and animal labor to create the energy to sustain life |
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| land ownership was not as important as in preindustrial. ownership of manufacturing, commercial interests are more important. |
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| societies economic growth based on technology, computer related konwledge, information processing, scientific research. |
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adds concept of intersectionality
intersection of race, class, gender |
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| a man working at a low income, low prestige job will have low power at work. that smae man goes home, his power is likely to increase, especially if the household is based on more patriarchal principles |
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| proposed the idea that prejudice is perpetuated through time by a selffulfilling prophecy or a vicious cycle |
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| markers of group membership? |
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these visible signs allow quick and easy identification and differential treatment.
where to live, education, employment, exposure to pollution, available diet |
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an early contributor to looking at assimilation
assimilation is inevitable when the society is democratic and industrial
4 steps
-contact-once contact has been made, the rest of the process continues (no time frame)
-conflict
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| Milton Gordons stages of assimilation |
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acculturation
integration
intermarriage |
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felt that people could participate in US society without anglo conformity
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| acculturation didnt affect all aspects of ethnicity equally. european immigrants were encouraged to learn english. for example, but not to change their religious beliefs. Religion became a vehicle by which immigrants could convey their ethnicity. |
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| found the immigrant generation chose marriage partners from a pool whose boundaries were marked not just by ethnicity, but also religion. As children and grandchildren of immigrants married based on religion but less so by ethnicity. |
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| argued that the US in the 1960s had not three but four melting pots. one of each of the major ethnic/religious groups and one for black americans, which were subdivided by class. Believed the intersection of religious/ethnic and social class boundaries or "ethclass" was the most significant structural unit in US society. |
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| what the second generation tries to forget...... |
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| the third generation tries to remember. |
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