SOCPSY 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Stratification, Economic Capital, Cultural Capital
1 Dec 2017
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Social stratification: the ways in which individuals or groups are ranked in society, reflecting amounts of power, status, and prestige. Significant statuses: social class, race/ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. Not just about access to material resources; also about access to knowledge. Social capital (the connections you have in the social world. Cultural capital: cultural resources available to you, e. g. being literate. Not their fault; didn"t necessarily choose to live this way. Nothing makes anyone worth less than anyone else. Some people will get certain positions easier than other. Not concerned in how inequality is created or reproduced. We have to look at the roots; micro-level interactions. How stratification occurs, how it"s experienced, and passed on through the peop. Heath, 1983: ethnography of black and white kids living in different ; similar outc transitioned into school, the class factor was strong.
