SOC100H5 Lecture 10: Stratificatio
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Social strati cation: the way society is organized in layers or strata. Strati cation: a society"s hierarchical ranking of people into social classes. What is the state of income inequality in canada? (video in slides) Figure 6. 2: representation of rich get richer and poor get poorer. Has after tax, which means that based on. Canada"s government, the gaps that you see would actually be a lot more dramatic. Upper class: resource is income earned from wealth. * many come from generational wealth but there are also some self-made wealthy people. Middle class: have to look at how people measure themselves, or how others measure middle class (varies) Under class: suffer long term and chronic poverty, includes people who receive social welfare. * includes a group called the working poor: despite working, they still nd it dif cult to obtain basic needs (clothing, food, shelter, etc. ) Social mobility: movement up or down the strati cation system.
