SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Working Poor, Glass Ceiling, Mcdonald'S
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How do sociologists approach social difference & social inequality: people are different it"s a (cid:498)given(cid:499) Inequality is when certain people have privileges while others do not: gender inequality is a huge debate in modern society, social stratification: persistent patterns of social inequality. Inequality is a socially constructed concept (e. g. racism: puts people into a hierarchy based on privilege, the unequal distribution of valued resources (wealth, status, power, sociologists would argue that all societies are stratified. How did marx and weber analyze social stratification: karl marx, capitalist class (bourgeosie) vs. What types of capital help determine stratification: pierre bourdieu, economic capital: goods or resources (money, property, assets) How is poverty measured in canada: lacks an agreed-upon definition, absolute vs. Relative definitions of poverty: the definition of poverty will influence policy, low income cut-off (lico) informally referred to as the poverty line.
