SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Social Stratification, Cultural Capital, Nouveau Riche
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What is social stratification? a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy all societies rank people so that some have far greater opportunities and resources than others. What the specific inequalities are and how great they are vary from place to place and over time. Caste and class systems closed systems: allow for the little change in social position open systems: permit much more social mobility the class system is closed, and the class system is more open. The caste system social stratification based on ascription or birth; typical of agrarian societies families in each caste perform one kind of work. 1: people marry other of the same ranking, caste guides everyday life by keeping people in the company of their own kind , systems rest on strong cultural beliefs. The class system social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement.
