SYG-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Living Wage, George Herbert Mead, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
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Height and earnings are related such that taller people earn more than short people. But not all men earn more than women; some women earn more than men. Those born into upperclass generally end up with higher incomes than those from lower-class. How does height or gender or class origin explain earnings: theory 1: gender theory. Theoretical proposition: men have a higher social value than women and therefore earn more. Since men tend to be taller than women, taller people earn more. This theory is that gender - not height - a ects earnings: theory 2: class resource theory. Economic resource (higher earnings) help people get what they need to eat resulting in better health, competence: theory 3: cultural esteem theory. We know that prejudice translates into better or worse access to resources (wages, etc). Thus, we assert that tall people are held in higher esteem than short people. Micro level of analysis: macro level of analysis:
