SOCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Stratification, Intersectionality, Labour Power
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Basic concepts: social stratification- the existence of structured inequalities between groups in society in terms of their access to material and symbolic rewards. Intersectionality- a sociological perspective that holds that our multiple group memberships affect our lives in ways that are distinct from single group memberships: structured inequalities- social inequalities that result from patterns in the social structure. Income- money received from paid wages and salaries or earned from investments: wealth- money and material possessions held by an individual or group, education, occupation lifestyle. Weber: class and status: status- the social honor or prestige a particular group is accorded by other members of society, pariah groups- groups who suffer from negative.
