ISS 215 Social Differentiation and Inequality Reading Review Social Inequality Marger In Class Notes Part 2 Chapter 5 Middle 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 do Chapter 7 Stratification 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 Class Social mobility Moving from one class to another Horizontal In same economic class but status changes Vertical Change of actual class level Determents 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 Luck 4 things to be successful in American from the book Be a man Be white Be a college graduate Be a Protestant
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