SOCY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Social Stratification, Sex Tourism, Meritocracy
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Definition of stratification (test question): people belong to certain groups. Social stratification refers to any social system that is based on rank and reward: one group of theories more relevant than others. Social system = macro (micro is context of situation or face to face) The nature or organization of the system. Example from textbook: people"s rankings on the titanic. You can be ranked in terms of your social class. Wealthy people are smarter and more effective with money than poor people. Capital: anything that can stimulate the economy. Typically cached in terms with money, power, and property in physical assets, as opposed to virtual. Power, property, and prestige= the 3 p"s: we rank prestige by asking survey questions to the population, asking them (page 268, prestige- respect for one"s occupation, not personal respect, it is occupational respect. The lifeboat exercise: which 10 people are you going to save: certain skillsets more valuable than others.
