SOC281H1 Midterm: SOC281 Test 1 Study Guide.doc
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Discuss the difference between class and status groups. Class is a concept centered on models of social stratification in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories. Some different classes include, upper class (bourgeoise) middle class and lower class (proliteriate). Status groups on the other hand, according to weber consists of a number of individuals who share a common status situation. Weber beleived, unlike marx ( who believed that power is held by those who own the means of production), that certain people in high status groups derive power by virtue of their social condition, rather than through economic control. For example, we could give an example of members at a country club. All the members of the country club share a common status situation because they are able to afford membership into this country club. Therefore all of the members of the country club share a status group which happens to fit into upper class society.
