SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - International Brotherhood Of Teamsters, Social Order, Mother Teresa
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Social complexity refers an increase in division of labour. (# of occupations found in society). Teachers would say, we deserved more money than postal workers, because we are more educated (legitimacy). The legitimacy argument is to maintain the occupational inequality. He says inequality is inevitable, because of political organization. The inequality of power will also cause material inequality. Anarchism: political system are by their own corruption. A similar argument made by pareto is politics is responsible for inequality. Social stratification is the process of ranking people, on the basis of socially differentiated characteristics. The increase in canadian families masks some things: 2, in 2003, two incomes producing the increase. Wealth: holdings that are liquid, liquid assess (money, aka lquidity), money is medium of exchange. Non-liquid assess: a house, car, furniture, rrsps: prestige: social standing in the community. York university, ibr is the institute of behavioural research. Supreme court judge is the most prestige job in canada: power (cid:0)
