Who belongs to the
capitalist class? How big a group of
people does Zweig estimate it is?
What are the key
characteristics that Zweig uses to differentiate capitalist class, middle class
and working class? What is the “middle
class” in the middle of?
Why, according to Zweig, are
some occupations classified as “professional & technical specialties” by
the
Why is it useful to define
some business owners as middle class rather than capitalist class?
Zweig argues that the
approach using income as a measure of class tends to mask the power relations
that govern interactions between people and groups who occupy different class
locations. Do you agree or disagree and
why?
In her study comparing black
and white men’s job success two years following their graduation from a
vocational school, Deborah Royster explored whether
differences in character (motivation, persistence, willingness to work hard,
etc.) and ability might explain white men’s greater success. What did she conclude?
What do her findings
indicate about the ways that racial privilege and disadvantage are reproduced
from one generation to the next?