SOC 201S Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: False Consciousness, Socioeconomic Status, Class Consciousness
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* chapters were not go through in order during class * All societies are stratified, but it can take different forms: slavery, caste, estate, class. U. s. class system: upper class, upper middle class, middle class, working class. > horizontal mobility movement from one social position to another of the same rank. > vertical mobility movement from one social position to another of a different rank. > intergenerational mobility changes in social position of children relative to their parents. > intragenerational mobility changes i(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial positio(cid:374) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)"s adult life. Absolute poverty minimum level of substance that no family should be expected to live below. Relative poverty floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society are judged as being disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole. Class consciousness awareness by members of a class of their common interests and the need for collective political action to bring bout change.
