SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Inequality, Lumpenproletariat, Proletariat
9 Sep 2013
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Definition of social inequality: a kind of interplay between differential distribution and access. Notion that there are 4 major dimensions related to social inequality: neoliberal capitalism, obsession with markets and less government, more responsibility on individuals. Material, ideological, social power (systemic and systematic power) Power is everywhere and deeply embedded in the norms and structures of society. Reform, case study on occupy wall street captures social inequality entirely. Looking at social inequality from a sociological point of view, taking patterns from society and connecting them to the main paradigms. Stratification: idea of the organization of society into different groups which are ranked hierarchally in comparison to each other: any number of strata can be constructed depending on our criteria, social class stratification. Intersectionality: people are not simply gender, or racialized but people are multiply identified and understand the importance of how the identity markers are devalued or sometimes intersect and interact which intensify patterns of exclusion and domination.
