SOCI 210 Final: SOCI-210-FINAL
10 Mar 2018
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Wolves: hierarchy with alpha male and female on top: humans: also have hierarchic social relations but different from termites and wolves. Our rank isn"t biologically determined (like termites) Our social structure isn"t biologically determined (like wolves and termites: creative intelligence: allows us to organize our social relations in a great variety of ways. These relations have some type of rank and hierarchy. Stratification: term used to refer to the hierarchical organization of social relations. The structuring of social relations by layers. One group has greater power, influence, resources, prestige than another. Inequality: related to stratification, as stratification is collective forms of inequality: omnipresence: all societies are unequal and stratified. That said, there is much variation in stratification both degree and type. Social mobility is related to stratification but focused on individual: definition: ability to move between different societal levels, focus is usually on economics.
