SOC100H5 Lecture : Stratification.docx
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Political economy: property passed along in the family. Unemployment can negatively affect families (change within ppl in the fam) Who inherits what, under what conditions, etc. Family invention to control flow of property. Trying to understand why inequality so pervasive. Ascribed characteristics: any chars u are born with (sex, area born into, fam born into, economic born into, religion [usually]) Achieved characteristics: chars u accomplish on ur own that then change ur status (could be better or worse) Mobility (upward/downward) - socioeconomic ladder [make money/not] Functionalism: the more education u have, the more income u get developed mythology --> that income/edu graph represents ur chances to b successful. American dream: get ahead by geting gud edu = gud job = 30960$ Functionalists say it is meritocracy: u get what u deserve. Schools reflections of economic inequality gender example of ascribed status [ascriptive characteristics]
