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1.Define social class and compare the three components of social class. 2.Explain status inconsistency and discuss the consequences in terms of individual behavior. 3.Explain Erik Wright's updated model of Marx's class theory. 4.Discuss Gilbert and Kahl's updated model of Weber's perspective. 5.Use Gilbert and Kahl's model to explain the reality of social classes in the automobile industry and among our nation's homeless. 6.Examine the consequences of social class in terms of new technology, family life, politics, religion, and illness and health care. 7.Distinguish between the different types of social mobility and discuss the patterns of social mobility within the United States. 8.Indicate how the poverty line is drawn. State the major characteristics of the poor in the United States. 9.Contrast short and long-term poverty. 10.Assess individual versus structural explanations of poverty. 11.Identify the social functions of the Horatio Alger myth.
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