Sociology 1025A/B Lecture 6: 11 Feb _Inequality in Applied

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1025A/B
• Professor: Lauren Barr

Document Summary

Marx: control of property and wealth is most important source of power. Weber and functionalists: education and occupation also crucial. Trends in inequality: in the past 55 years, wealth has increased for all: income, health, Top deciles (30% pop) the owners, top ceos, make 193x average income. 100,000+ a year, has the autonomy over the working hour. Upper middle (10% pop), middle (20% pop), lower-middle (10% pop) Working poor, unskilled labor, part-time in service. The quality of life, the social capital (who you are, who you know ) Meritocracy idea: we think/hope that we would move up the scale. The idea that we can use different mean of thinking to approach one aspect. For example: choosing a theoretical perspective to understand a thing, but we can use the triangulation methods to understand it from multiple perspectives. Marx: control of property and capital is most important source of power.