Political Sociology: Classic Paradigms and Contemporary Issues

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Political Sociology Classic Paradigms and
Contemporary Issues
Dr Christopher Kollmeyer

• Sociology 4530
• 6 Feb. 2007

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Why is there less class conflict than Marx
predicted?

• Social Mobility
• Meritocracy
• Intra-generational (within generation)
• -Inter-generational (across generations)
• Contradictory Class Locations
• Reference Group Theory
• Subjective class location
• Subjective sampling available heuristic