A. Inequality
  1.a cultural universal
  2.it is not necessarily negative

B. Stratification
  1. slavery
  2. caste
  3. classes
  

C. Conflict School (Karl Marx)

  1. Social relations of Capitalism
     a. produce something

     b. something special

     c. slave to the machine

  2. 2 classes of Capitalism
     a. bourgeoisie
     b. proletariat

  3. Dynamics of an inauthentic existence

     a. Hegelian Dialectic

            Thesis                Anti-thesis

                        Synthesis

  4. problems with Marx
     a. dichotomy
     b. labor unions
     c. sympathy
     d. stopped the Dialectic

  5. what's good about Marx

     1. class

     2. status

     3.  social evaluation

B. Weber believes a combination

  2. many say differences can not be justified in functionalism

B. Conflict Theory (OPPRESSIVE)
  1. Marx believed stratification inevitable in Capitalism, but...

  2. Marxists see Capitalism producing a false consciousness

  3. powerful do nothing for society

  4. stratification as a source of instability

B.  what is social class - how is it determined
      1. prestige

      2.stratification is inequality involving:
         a. power
         b. perks
         c. positioning
      3. income

      4. poverty
         a. absolute
         b. relative
         c. combination

C. Gans suggests functionalists justify the poor
      1. labor
      2. social service industry
      3. "thou shalt achieve" substantiated
      4. affluent
      5. "dumping ground" for social change

D. Social Mobility
      1. Max Weber


      2. The Digital Divide

      3. Social Movement
          a. open system
    
          b. horizontal vs vertical

          c. upward social mobility

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