SOCIOL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Conspicuous Leisure, Conspicuous Consumption, Integrability Conditions For Differential Systems

• School: UMass Boston
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 101
• Professor: Mayorga- Gallo

Document Summary

Conflict view of stratification competition for scarce resources results in significant political, economic, and social inequality social stratification facilitates exploitation social inequality is excessive and growing. Wealthy use dominant ideology to further their own interests. Dominant ideology set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps maintain powerful social, economic and political interests. Differential system of rewards and punishment is necessary for efficient operation of society social stratification facilitates filling of social positions social inequality is necessary to an extent wealthy are talented and skilled and create opportunities for others. Interactionist view of stratification social stratification influences people"s lifestyles social inequality influences intergroup relations. Wealthy show conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure conspicuous consumption. Purchasing goods not to survive but to flaunt one"s superior wealth and social standing. Money income figure adjusted annually to reflect consumption requirements of families based on size and consumption measure was created in mid 1960s and calculated by multiplying cost of minimum food diet by three.