SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Class, Income Segregation
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Educate the vote academic debate on immigration and incarceration: monday 9/26/16 at. Assignment is on blackboard in content folder1 page memo due friday 9/30 by 5pm. No new material covered in class october 3rd. Slides will be available on bb starting after class on wednesday september 28th. Format: short identification questionswill require one or two sentences; some will ask for paragraph answers. Sharp class divisions based on relation to own labor and ownership of capital. How people earn money, how much money they have, and what they do with their money. Despite some ambiguity in class position due to vague class boundaries, status inconsistencies, and competing identities, there are strong and consistent differences in attitudes and behavior across social classes. Where working class ends and middle class begins isn"t clear. More people are realizing how developmental stages are affected by social class and are realizing the importance of this.