Intro to Soc Text Andersen 9th E, these essays are in reference to chapter 8 and 3 articles attached

2 Essays (500)words each

Moving Up Within the Social Class System in the U.S.

Essay #1) According to the
text, functionalists and conflict theorists understand the social class
system differently. Their respective analyses of class differences,
justification for the class system and degree of mobility possible
within the system are sharply divergent. How can we understand their
radically different assessments of the social class system in the U.S.?
What seems to be in the center of the dispute?

Essay #2 When
you consider how far apart the conflict and functionalist views of the
social class system is, your eyes must surely be drawn to the evidence
each uses to support the divergent assessments. What about that
evidence? What would count for evidence? What if anything might settle
the disagreement among sociologists about the nature, the desirability,
and the composition of our social class system? How can we tell whether
there is sufficient upward social mobility in the U.S.?