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Essay / Critical Analysis of the Class Status Party By Max Weber
This honor can also be linked to class structures. However, according to Weber, property is not always recognized as a status qualifier. Weber said that status honor is usually expressed through a person's lifestyle. This is especially true because those who enjoy high status will generally live a more comfortable and relaxed lifestyle than those who enjoy lower status. This is indeed the case, as some aspects of status honor are tied to a person's occupation and income. Obviously, segregation occurs and castes develop due to the status of groups. A caste is a social class separated by certain distinctions. One of these distinctions highlighted by Weber is ethnic segregation. Weber views caste as the normal means by which ethnic communities live in a manner acceptable to society. Weber's belief that castes are normal is basically true, because ethnic groups are always distinguishable from each other and occupy distinct levels of status and honor, primarily because there is a dominant ethnic group that occupies the higher levels of society. Weber views status as either negatively or positively privileged. Positively privileged people enjoy a multitude of benefits, beliefs, and rights that those who are negatively privileged do not. Furthermore, Weber said that privilege and power were regulated exclusively by the market. On the basis of their capital, they can control the social order of