SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Stratification, Working Poor, Upper Class
17 Nov 2016
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Social stratification is the hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources - not everybody in a society has the same things. System stratification based on ownership and control of resources and on the type of work people do. Power to influence decisions in your own interests. Gilbert"s (2011) model of class structure in canada. Rooted in weber"s ideas of social class organization. Emphasize control that workers have over decision-making processes. A set of beliefs and values that support and justify the ruling class of a society . Competition and free markets are the defining characteristics of human relations. Is the notion, the essence of democracy is about making money. The belief that anything is possible with hard work. Those who have power (economic, political, and social power) must have earned it. Accessing housing: waitlist of social housing, rental housing availability for families.
