SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Drug Lord, Social Inequality, Social Class
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In terms of significance, subtle and not so subtle ways. Explore the tension between choice and family background. Theoretical perspectives on why there is social inequality. We generally like to believe we make choices in our own life the fact is that our choices are constrained by social class. Stratification: the way society is organized in layers or strata. Stratification: a society"s hierarchical ranking of people into social classes. (ravelli and webber. Idea that some people have more and some people have less, reality we all occupy a different rung on the ladder. Social inequality: stratification: hierarchy, lived experience on a particular rung. Impact on stratification on peoples lives: how this affects people"s lives. Class/ses: class: determined by money, and other factors, ex. drug lord and other people with money. Income: money earned from employment: wealth: assets, real estate, stocks, bonds, occupational prestige: prestige of job where you work, years of schooling: educational attainment.
