SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Stratification, Social Mobility, Social Inequality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Identify three types of stratification system: discuss the extent of social inequality in canada, understand the classical analysis of social class by karl marx and max weber, consequences of inequality. Hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on control over. Marx weber"s life chances: extent to which individuals have access to societal resources. System of stratification can be open or closed. Social mobility: movement of individuals from one level to another. Coercion used to keep slaves in right place . Caste system: status determined at birth on parent"s ascribed characteristics: closed system, some based on occupation, cultural beliefs and values sustain caste system. Class system: stratification based on ownership of resources and type of work: boundaries between classes less distinct, status partially earned and partially ascribed, horizontal mobility (within class) as well as vertical mobility (up and down class structure) Infrastructure (means of production plus relations of production) Superstructure: government, schools, churches and other social institutions that produce disseminate ideas.