Economic problems: Poverty and Wealth
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What is the poverty line and explain the struggle with the line
Critics say that the line is stuck in a time warp. E.g. Food preferences and cooking styles have changed. It assumes that they never eat out. The line is not adjusted for different type of living, NY is more expensive than Georgia. It doesn't distinguish between rural and city.
What is social inequality:
Conflict theory on poverty:
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Explain false class consciousness from marx and its critics:
> they are all exploited workers > join together > overthrow capitalists
critic: where do managers fit?
Simmel: he overlooked the unpaid sector > household labor. He ignored gender, races and age
Explain culture of poverty and culture of wealth:
sociologist don't like this theory cause it blames the poor. They think its more a structural cause.
culture of wealth: that keeps people falling down the ladder, same thing as culture of poverty
What does Mills say about the power elite:
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