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California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Created: June 6, 2006
Latest Update: June 6, 2006
jeannecurran@habermas.org
takata@uwp.edu

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Differing Roles:
Impatient Agent of Change to Cautious Senator

Wounds Salved, Clinton Returns to Health Care Backup

Let us now speak again of ascribed and achieved status, a basic sociological concept that reminds us that you argue differently when you have nothing to lose. Over time, if you remain included in the system, you will have something to lose - you could be excluded.

Discussion Questions

1. What basic sociological concept explains and predicts how having a stake in the system (stake holders) makes a difference in how you support validity claims?

   Consider achieved and ascribed status.

References:

• Wounds Salved, Clinton Returns to Health Care Backup

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