SOC 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Class In The United States

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 303
• Professor: Wilson George

Document Summary

Lecture 2: trends in socioeconomic inequality in the united states. Proportion of households at various levels of the american class structure. Both ends are increasing at the expense of the american middle class. Over this 20 year period, middle class society is being challenged. This trend will continue in subsequent years. Proportion of families that are heading downward is greater than those who. Historically, america is a middle class society are moving upward. America is becoming an increasingly polarized society with respect to distribution across the class structure. The proportion of income earned at various class levels by households. The elite are earning a greater proportion, while the poor are increasing in. Does the top 20% earn a progressively greater or lesser proportion of the. Polarization in the concentration of income in the united states number yet earning a smaller proportion of income. Wealth is much more difficult to get a handle on.