1. The main ideas in Chapter 5 and in the article by Ehrenreich and Piven, "Without a Safety Net"
   
   What you will need to know from these readings:
   a. why people are poor
   b. why we might question the present income structure
   c. the main insight that Marx contributed to our understanding of social class
   d. why, according to Ehrenreich and Piven, former welfare recipients lost their jobs
   e. what Ehrenreich and Piven show about the consequences of welfare reform 

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2. Definitions and examples of the following concepts:

class

wealth

power

prestige

measures of stratification

vertical mobility

generational mobility

For a printable list of definitions of all of these concepts, click here.

For a definition and example, click on a concept and a link will open. The best way to learn this information is to use 3"x5" index cards, writing the concept on one side of the card and the definition and example on the other side.

EXTRA CREDIT ! ! !
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