SOC281H1 Lecture Notes - Readwrite
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Differences in weber"s life-chances" or chances to get rewards and opportunities. There are unequal chances for economic and cultural goods (some are luckier than. Differences that matter important in one"s society others) Social structures are the pattern of social relationships between social actors. Inequality comes in different forms in canada today, we have four big kinds of inequality. Class, age, gender, ethnicity (cage: class . All depends on what kind of job you have, where you live, etc . Weber has described a class as a social situation in which people. It"s the basic type of inequality share typical life chances". He also says that class deals with areas in the market some are more successful because they bring more chips to the table, better knowledge etc . Most powerful determinant of life chances in today"s world is the work people do : age, gender, ethnicity . They are all connected to class as well.
