SOCL 2001 : SOCL 2001 Exam 3 Notes
Document Summary
Inspirations: what could change motivations, change of interest, can"t picture themselves doing it. Individuals free to pursue any job: not really. Support from family and friends: universal strat. Importance of positions varies: higher positions require greater rewards. Stratification often dysfunctional: universal stratification: conflict theory, mosca. Inequalities of power: human nature is self-centered, powerful. Seize greater rewards for themselves: applications, power relations, between and within nations, conflict beyond, capitalists vs workers, universal stratification: examples, medieval europe. Social control- controlling ideas more effective than coercion. Former soviet union: communist party membership- determined stratification, goal- communism (never reached) Socialism- reached but ultimately failed: does the failure of the soviet union suggest stratification is. Stratification u. s. vs. china: who benefits, global stratification: 3 worlds, most industrialized (mi, capitalistic, poor mi citizens: longer and "better" lives than average li citizen, us, uk, japan, australia. Industrializing (ind: high rates of illiteracy and desperate poverty, mexico, south africa, and china.
