SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Economic Liberalism, Justice As Fairness, Christopher Jencks
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Tepperman, lorne, the sense of sociability (toronto: oxford university press, 2010) Tepperman, lorne and josh curtis, social problems, 3rd edition (toronto: oxford university. Life is a stacked deck: life is a gamble everybody knows that. Inequality: why some people always win: the dictionary defines inequality as the quality of being unequal or uneven. Inequality is about hierarchical (i. e. , better-worse) differences between any two people (or things), a and: sociology is dedicated to explaining how this inequality game works and the reasons most people face heavy odds. It also means showing social inequality leads to crime, sickness, addiction, violence and sometimes even war for society as a whole. Consider the status inconsistency of women: though women tend to have lower status than men in most societies, each type of woman will have a different experience. Inequality: societies vary in the degree and kinds of social inequality they display.
