SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Capital, Social Inequality, Dependency Theory
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Stratification: the layers that make up society, the creation of hierarchal categories. The educated vs. those who are not: it is possible to move from one class to another but it does not happen very often, macro. Longer, healthier life: wealth is often concentrated. 2012 25% of the richest families in canada were born rich. Only 1% of the richest were born disadvantaged. No shelter, no food: relative poverty. Poverty based on the country the person resides in: lico. A person is below the cut off if 63% of income on necessities. Poor people are poor because they don"t work. Many are employed and not on welfare; paid minimum wage. Only a small portion of immigrants are poor. 1 | p a g e: inequality can motivate people, inequality can benefit both the rich and the poor. Mobility: ascribed or achieved status in society, position vs. merit, class reproduction, education, human credentials.
