SOCL 2001 Lecture : Stratification Poverty NOTES
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Individuals act within their own agency: individuals vs. Individual inequalities are often characteristics of an overall system. Stratification examines both the individual and the structural elements of inequality. Most organized societies have some type of equality as their goal. Despite this, political, religious and social systems often combine to constrict equality: defining systems. Social mobility- signifies the strength of social structure within a society. Social mobility and industrialization: agrarian differences, tocqueville and mobility. Exploring social mobility: lipset and bendix (1959) Social mobility is almost exclusively associated with industrialized nations. Peter blau and otis dudley duncan (1967: socioeconomic index, lower starting mobility = more mobility. The lower the level from which a person starts, the greater is the probability he will be upwardly mobile . The study: census data (n= 20,700), men age 20-64, comparative data analysis, status your social position (prestige=major part of our social class, prestige falls on status and income, status is important because.
