Sociology 2152A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Lower Middle Class, Upper Middle Class, List Of Belgrade Neighbourhoods And Suburbs
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Karl marx = claim that inequality in wealth and power provides some people with so many greater advantages over others that conflict between social classes are not avoidable. Used income, occupation, along with reputational method (in which people compared others to themselves in terms of status) Found a significant relationship between an ethnic group"s length of residence in the u. s and its class status (still holds true today: social class distinctions. Upper class = the main distinction between upper upper and lower upper is that of new money (bill gates) or old money (inherited). Upper class constitute 5% of total population. Upper class creates a social divide between the 2 levels = rich and poor (they don"t have the same memberships to clubs and organizations) Live in expensive neighborhoods, enjoy high prestige and wield considerable political clout, and have the same membership to clubs/organizations (send their children to the same private school, vacationing at the same elite resortetc. )