SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Totalitarianism, Social Stratification, Class Consciousness
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Nov 23rd lecture 6 social stratification robert brym. A dyad is a group consisting of two interacting people. A status is a recognized position in a social interaction. Social stratification is the layering of unequal categories of people in society rich and poor, powerful and powerless, highly educated and less educated, and so on. Students of stratification study (1) the structure of shape of inequality, (2) the movement of people between layers, and (3) how and why these dimensions of inequality vary over time and place. In addition, students of stratification study (4) the micro level, the everyday interactions that reinforce or subvert social hierarchies. Some jobs are more important than others. Jobs that are more important require more training and sacrifice. To motivate talented people to undergo training and sacrifice, high rewards must be offered. Therefore, stratification is necessary; it performs a useful function. The question of which occupations are more important is far from clear.
