Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Question:

Classification of social resources into three froms of capital-economic capital, cultural capital and social capital was done by :

Options:

Emile Durkheim

P.Bourdieu

Max Weber

Karl Marx

Correct Answer:

P.Bourdieu

Explanation:
In every society, some people have a greater share of valued resources – money, property, education, health, and power – than others. These social resources can be divided into three forms of capital – economic capital in the form of material assets and income; cultural capital such as educational qualifications and status; and social capital in the form of networks of contacts and social associations (Bourdieu 1986).