SOC263H5 Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Conflict Theories, Visible Minority
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3:06 pm: brief overview of main themes of course, review syllabus, to do next week. Society and interactions in society, class system, family structures, gender, social economic status. Double standards, treating people differently, all societies are unequal. Inequality does not simply refer to differences among individuals but rather reflects differences that matter, differences that result in unfairness and disadvantage for some and privilege for others. Are patterns of advantage and disadvantage that are durable but penetrable. Durable means that it stays for a long time and penetrable means it can pass through generations. This means way of doing things, patterns of advantages and disadvantages, its durable and penetrable. Generally refers to relatively long lasting patterned relationships among the elements of society. It also de- emphasizes the possibility of conflict in society or the possibility that individual choices are constrained by the forces of social structures: critical theory. Assumes that social relations are the essential elements of social structures.
