SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Achieved Status, Ascribed Status, Closed System
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Social stratification is the study of social inequality and who gets what. It is often is a small relationship but a consistent one: the field defined: Race, age, hair color are distinctions, it doesn"t mean that one variant is better or worse than the other one. If there is a difference then there is stratification. The following is an inadequate definition but a good start nonetheless: Social stratification: is the way valued resources - wealth, power, prestige - are distributed and transmitted from one generation to the next: weber"s three hierarchies: Politics (power) capacity to attain one"s goals despite opposition status groups, recognition, deference respect. An example of a mansion: 101 bedrooms, 46 bathrooms, a dining room table with 64 seats, and 3240 ha. Inequality in wealth in western countries has increased since the early 1970s. Of all wealth (not income) is owned by 10% of people.
