Max Weber’s Concept of ‘Life Chances’
may affect what Max Weber called “life chances”?*
– Describe how “life chances” may affect an
individual’s life goals (positive or negative).
– In what ways may “life chances” be irrelevant?
– Give examples of how the concept of “life
chances” operates in a (a) caste system, (b) a class system, and (c) a
one-party Communist system such as China.
*By “life chances” Weber meant the ability of an
individual to attain the “good things” a society values: good health
care, longevity, a good job, security, status, wealth, power, and prestige.
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