SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Meritocracy, Bourgeoisie, Proletariat
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Relationships between stratification and crime and deviance. Activities outside of school are part of our background. These activities can help us in the future to become successful. They are beneficial in institutional settings like schools. There"s a certain amount of predictability in education outcomes. Our choices are constrained by class (our family"s class background. Our class, largely earned from past generations, Explore the tension between choice and family background. Stratification: the way society is organized in layers or strata. Stratification: a society"s hierarchical ranking of people into social classes. Ladder: people are situtated on rungs of the ladder (top to bottom) Social inequality: how some people are ranked higher or lower (about stratification) How does this ranking affect their life: standard of living, income, career, Stratification is at the root of social inequality. There are different types of stratification and inequality. Class inequality: has a strong influence on our lives. Class: people associate class with money; most associated with karl.