SYG 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Friedrich Engels, Class Stratification, Social Stratification
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When one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than for having done or failing to do anything. Power elite small group is made up of the top military, political, and business leaders who make decisions that direct the country. Social class category of people within the hierarchy of stratification who have similar access to resources and opportunities. Social stratification society"s system of ranking categories of people in a hierarchy. Class stratification (based on money), but can also mean stratification in terms of race, gender, sexual orientation and so on. Class position determined by relationship to means of production in capitalist society. Proletariat: work for those who own means of production. Made up of unskilled and lowest paid service positions. Negative net worth (owe more than they own) People who live in areas with high concentrations of poverty (rural or urban)
