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Sociology
Explain how an individual’s ascribed
social class position at birth may affect what Max Weber called life chances,
or the ability of an individual to attain the following “good things”
that a society values:
Good health care
Longevity
A good job
Security
Status
Wealth
Power
Prestige
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 the following systems:
A caste system
A class system
A one-party, Communist system (such as China)
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