SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Dollar Sign, Proletariat
Document Summary
Difficult to measure wealth how to put a number. Norway lowest inequalities in the world. Mobility is related to stratification but focused on individual. Definition: ability to move between different societal levels, focus is usually on economics. Sociologists are interested in two related types: individual/intra-generational: people can work their way up over time i. e. look at tit at age 18- and then 35, 40, etc. Focuses on class based inequalities how societies are stratified. Believed stratification had profound effects on society. Believed conflict caused by stratification was the major driving force behind social change. Believed stratification has major effects on a variety of social processes. Remains a central sub-area of sociology and an issue that generates considerable public debate. Eg: stratification at the heart of this movement. Anti-austerity protests: seen as major issue in ca disappearance of the state from the social dimension. Believe it allows some people to dominate others.
