SOCI 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Stratification, Upper Class, Gross Domestic Product
29 Apr 2020
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Social stratification a society"s categorization of it"s people into rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, education, and power. (the fact that our society is divided into layers. ) Global stratification the unequal distribution of wealth and resources among nations. Typical behaviors, customs, and norms that define each class. Also indicates level of resources one has for certain items such as hobbies, vacations, and leisure activities. Elite 1% - yachts, polo, golf, vacations on private islands, invest in stocks and bonds, private and ivy league colleges. Upper class golf, vacations to other countries, own businesses and properties, private and public colleges. Middle class vacations to places within the u. s, professional level jobs, public colleges. Lower working class basketball, vacations within state, minimum wage level jobs, low education. Poverty / welfare class basketball, what"s a vacation?, deviant behaviors to stay afloat, no jobs, no education. There are many in india that still hold onto the cultural belief system.
