SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Economic Inequality, Hunter-Gatherer, Class Consciousness
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Soc100 lecture 5: economic inequality - work and classes. Gini coef cient: the most widely used measure of income inequality for cross-country comparisons. Gini score of 0 = total income inequality. Wealthiest 86 canadians owned as much wealth as the poorest 11. 4 million canadians. Concerns unequal wealth, income and life chances. In all societies of any complexity (i. e. hunter gatherer), we nd social classes. Social class: division of people into social groups based on distribution of material resources and power. There are 2 or more social classes in any society. There is a lifestyle similarity within each given class - maybe even within - class marriage. People have to learn class identities and class distinctions. Karl marx was sociologist who studied social classes. Social class refers to a large social group de ned by persistent, shared economic conditions. Max weber later extended marx"s de nition of class to include. Weber"s conclusion: control is as important as ownership.
