Question

In the context of the Weberian model of the U.S. class structure, the __________ includes people who are employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, and fast-food workers whose job responsibilities involve routine, mechanized tasks requiring little skill beyond basic literacy; some people in this class are employed in pink-collar occupations.

Answer 1

Answer:

working class

Explanation:

In the context of the Weberian model of the U.S. class structure, the working class includes people who are employed in the service sector as clerks, salespeople, and fast-food workers whose job responsibilities involve routine, mechanized tasks requiring little skill beyond basic literacy; some people in this class are employed in pink-collar occupations.  Weber grouped the American population into 6 distinct class; upper class, new money , middle class, working class, working poor, and under class.

Weber described the working class as individuals who may have gone to college, but more have had vocational or technical training, they include electricians, factory workers, police officers and truck drivers, they are also referred to as blue collar and they constitute about 20% of American work force.