SOC 153 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Blue-Collar Worker, Income Property, Elite

• School: Miami University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 153
• Professor: Steven Nelson

Document Summary

Social class: large number of people with similar education and income. Power: the ability to carry out one"s will. Wealth: total value of someone"s possessions, minus their debts. Income: money received from job, business or assets. Power elite: mill"s view of the top us corporations, military, government officials. Status consistency: a person ranks high or low in all 3 aspects. Status inconsistency: a person ranks high in some dimensions and low on others. Status : position someone occupies in a social group. Models of social class contradictory class locations: erik wright"s term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory interests. Capitalists, business owners who employ many works: petty bourgeoisie, small business owners 3. Managers, sell their labor but don"t own anything but have authority. Underclass: poverty persists year after year across generations. Working poor: members work at unskilled, low paying jobs, temporary or seasonal jobs. Working class: 30% of us population in this class.