ISS 215: Social Differentiation and InequalityReading Review: Social Inequality (Marger)In-Class Notes (Part 2)Chapter 5Middle classes- Industrialization- Before colonies, farmers- Began in England- WWII crippled England (positive point for us)- America became the industrial powerhouse- Post-Industrialism - Result jobs for everybody!- Good quality jobs; college not needed- Paid for health insurance, social security, etc.- American was a manufacturing economy- Became known world-wide- Replaced England in the standing of production- Globalization- Globalization of manufacturing- Picking up companies and moving to other countries- American then became a service economy- Don’t necessarily manufacture but service others- Ex. banking, insurance, teaching, government jobs- Began losing service jobs to other countries- Ex. IT help in India- Cheaper work, company makes more money in the end- Companies/corporations don’t have to pay tax on money made in other countries- People doChapter 7Stratification systems- Slavery- Can still find millions of people who live like slaves (sex slaves, child slaves)- Caste - Different versions of caste still exist all over the world- Estate- Feudal lords at top, then priest and then farmers- ClassSocial mobility- Moving from one class to another- Horizontal- In same economic class but status changes- Vertical- Change of actual class levelDeterments of social mobility- Structural mobility- New people showed up, new opportunities were created- Individual mobility (5 variables)- A.) Birth- No control over it- Ex. born to royal family = prince(ss)- B.) Education- College education is preferred- Seen as superior with college education- C.) Ethnicity- Can’t deny someone something based on race- D.) Situational- “Being at the wrong place, at the wrong time.”- “Being at the right place, at the right time.”- E.) Luck4 things to be successful in American (from the book)- Be a man- Be white- Be a college graduate- Be a
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