SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Class Consciousness, Marxism, Parenting Styles
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4. there are 2 or more social classes in any society there is similarity within each given class maybe even in marriage a. there are also social differences across classes there are wide differences between classes there is less movement between classes than within them (ie. circulation through income levels of a given classes) income that move up and down a: but it tends to change in the class c, homogeneity, people do not usually marry cross lines of classes low movement from one class into another class. Reasons most people don"t mobilize to express their anger around inequality: a highly individualistic culture, a lack of confidence in public institutions, union, and parties, don"t trust politicians, don"t trust government, an unwillingness to pay union dues or taxes, cut from everyone else, distrust of politicians and other leaders, a blind belief in non establishment outsiders (eg. trump)
