SOCIOL 224 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Social Mobility, Social Class, Blue-Collar Worker
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Generational mobility: remain aware of historical oppression. In recent past, it was usually upward. Good paying skilled jobs are not as prevalent nowadays. Service workers don"t get paid enough to rise above poverty line (service jobs are more prevalent) Rising cost of college tuition, can"t get jobs w/o higher ed. Short distances, not long- figure 5. 3 (pg 141) Look at occupations, income(access to resources, life chances) Down: economy, health, raising kids, divorce, etc. People often stay in the class where they were born (points in direction of. People are able to be upwardly mobile. Structural mobility: economic development, economy can affect life chances/lifestyles, globalization, can be positive/negative effects, fertility rates, children are more of a cost than a benefit, having fewer children is good for mobility, downtrend over time. 3: affirmative action for white men, limited mobility for nonwhites, white men have more power, conditions of settlement d. Generally, there is a stable mobility over time.
