SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes -Waking Hours, Socioeconomic Status, American Upper Class
24 Apr 2011
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socioeconomic status is calculated using income, educational attainment, and occupational status. Sociologists also employ subjective indicators of social class, such as attitudes and values, class identification, and consumption patterns. domhoff finds that in addition to wealth, the upper class shares a distinctive lifestyle through participation in various social institutions. Domhoff argues not only that there is a cohesive upper class in the us, but also that the upper class has a disproportionate share of power through its control over economic and political decision making in this country. most americans do not like the idea that there are social classes. Classes imply that people have relatively fixed stations in life: they fly in the face of beliefs about equality of opportunity and seem to ignore the evidence of upward social mobility. americans tend to deny that social classes are based in wealth and occupational roles.
