SOC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Conspicuous Leisure, Small Business, Socioeconomic Status
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Closed social systems: ascribed social status, ex, the caste system in india. Introduced to india by an ethnic group from the middle east. Believed in rigidly dividing social groups and not allowing them to intermarry. Groups: poor people, workers in service occupations, merchants and artists, warriors and politicians, teachers, doctors, scholars. **functionalist theory: class inequality is justified on the basis of merit and people must have incentives to move into occupations that require higher levels of skill and responsibility: davis & w. moore. Said income inequality serves as an incentive for people to take on jobs that require higher levels of skill and advanced education. More training needed for jobs = more money. Derive their income through ownership of the means of production. Derive their income by selling their labour power to the capitalist class in exchange for a money wage. Based on economic inequality, but not just capitalist and working class.
