SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pierre Bourdieu, Thomas Piketty, Trailer Trash
15 Feb 2017
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Unequal distribution of valued resources, rewards, and positions in a society. This unequal distribution endures or changes over time. Social characteristics differences, identities, and roles are used to differentiate people and divide them into different categories, which have implications for social inequality. Does not necessarily mean division of individuals into hierarchy of rank, privilege or power, but also social category such as race, gender, class, or occupation. Refers to an institutionalized system of social inequality. Refers to a situation in which divisions and relationships of social inequality have solidified into a system that determines who gets what, when, and why. Disti(cid:374)(cid:272)t horizo(cid:374)tal layers fou(cid:374)d i(cid:374) a ro(cid:272)k, (cid:272)alled (cid:858)strata(cid:859), is a good (cid:449)ay to (cid:448)isualize so(cid:272)ial structure. People who have more resources represent the top layer while groups with fewer and fewer resources represent the lower layers. Stratification: categories through which a society is divided and ranked.
