SOC 103 Lecture Notes - Social Stratification, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Inequality
21 Nov 2012
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Social stratification- society"s hierarchical ranking of people into social class. Social class-group of individuals sharing a common position in a social hierarchical, based on both birth and achievement. Social status- individuals position within a class structure. Based on a few concepts: all societies redistribute materials and social rewards to individuals. Meritocracy- system of rewards based on personal attributes and demonstrated abilities: since social stratification transcends any single generation system is relatively stable over time. Intergenerational mobility- status as defined by parents social class. Intragenerational mobility- status movement throughout ones life: present in all known human societies varies in how it expresses itself. Results from collective decisions about that is important in evaluating a person or a group. Inequality in forms results from a system that ranks people from high to low on such subjective criteria as gender and minority status. Subjective no material influence on whether a person can actually perform a particular job.
