SOCIAL INEQUALITY MARGER Reading Review CHAPTER 1 OUTLINE 1 EXAMINING INEQUALITY 2 SOCIAL DIFFERENCE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION SOCIOLOGICAL MODE 3 LEVELS OF ANALYSIS DESCRIPTION EXPLANANTION PRESCRIPTION 4 SOME BASIC TERMS CHAPTER 2 THEORIES OF INEQUALITY 1 KARL MARX 2 MAX WEBER CLASS STATUS PARTY 3 STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM CHAPTER 3 THE AMERICAN CLASS SYSTEM 1 CLASSES IN THE USA ARE HIGHLY DEVELOPED UPPER UPPER MIDDLE LOWER MIDDLE WORKING WORKING POOR UNDER CLASS 2 INEQUALITY TRENDS AFTER 1970S 1980S 1990S WORLD WAR 2 CHAPTER 4 POVERTY AND THE POOR 1 DEFINITION ABSOLUTE POVERTY RELATIVE POVERTY OFFICIAL POVERTY 2 WHO IS POOR 3 POVERTY TRENDS 4 THE WORKING POOR 5 UNDERCLASS 6 WHY POVERTY INDIVIDUAL FOCUSED POVERTY BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION CULTURE OF POVERTY STRUCTURE FOCUSED POVERTY THE CYCLE OF PVERTY THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CAPITALIS POPULAR VIEWS OF POVERTY 7 WELFARE PROGRAMS 8 COMPARATIVE POVERTY SWEDEN 6 6 FRANCE 8 0 JAPAN 11 8 CANADA 12 8 AUSTRALIA 14 3 USA 17 0 CHAPTER 5 THE MIDDLE CLASSES 1 INDUSTRIALIZATION 2 POST INDUSTRIALISM 3 GLOBALIZATION 4 MIDDLE CLASSES BEFORE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AFTER INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AFTER WORLD WAR 2 RECENT TRENDS CHAPTER 7 STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS 1 STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS SLAVERY CASTE ESTATE CLASS 2 SOCIAL MOBILITY VERTICAL HORIZONTAL 3 DETERMINANTS OF SOCIAL MOBILITY STRUCTURAL MOBILITY INDIVIDUAL MOBILITY A BIRTH B EDUCATION C ETHNICITY D SITUATIONAL E LUCK
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