Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Stratification, Classless Society, Social Inequality
1 Feb 2017
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Hierarchical arrangement of social groups based on their control over basic resources. Creates persistent patterns of social inequality" perpetuated by the way in which wealth, power, and prestige are distributed and passed on from one generation to the next. We see patterns of social inequality created by wealth, power + prestige. Basic principles: a trait of society, not just individual differences, persists over generations. Social mobility is a change in a person"s position in a hierarchy: is universal, but variable regarding amount and type of inequality, involves inequality and beliefs of fairness. Will change depending on the amount and the society. You are born into a certain class. The extent to which members of a society can change their socio- economic position. Horizontal mobility: gain or loss in position or income which does not produce change in one"s rank. (income gain/loss that doesn"t change your position)
