SOCI 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Collegehumor, Endogamy, Sex Trafficking
16 Dec 2017
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Class and stratification in the u. s global stratification. What is social stratification: the hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources. Sociologists basically focus on structural inequality that is associated with membership in some of these groups. While also focusing on the ideology that supports this inequality. Systems of stratification: sociologists contend that systems are 2 kinds: Closed: have more rigid boundaries and people"s position is determined by their ascribed statuses: example: in south africa, slavery before it was abolished in the us, the. Open: are assumed to have some kind of mobility. Modern forms of slavery: agricultural work: where the trafficked person is made to work for little or no pay. Being illegal in another country with no status reduces their opportunity to contact or interact with law enforcement. A person"s pledge of labor or services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligation.
