Posted: October 12th, 2016
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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