ISS 215 Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Economic Inequality, International Monetary Fund

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20 Feb 2014
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Income: wealth, status, personal prestige, association (ex; greek life) bohemian club, socialization, political. Now rich have become richer, and poor have become poorer and the difference is significant: davis and moore on social inequality (1945, no society is classless (there is always inequality, stratification is a functional necessity when you have a society based on inequality (cid:224) the people at the top can make the lower class do anything. Authority has power (parent vs. child: certain positions are more important and require special talent, skill and training. (doctor, lawyer, social systems develop mechanisms and provide means to assign occupational positions. (people who take opportunities, succeed, although opportunities are not equal, motivation to succeed (cid:224) creates competition between individuals, criticism, functional significance is a cultural phenomenon, structural inequality leading to unequal access to resources, stratification leads to status quo, development of favorable self images, produces conflict rather than integration in society.

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