SOCL 2001 : Exam 3 Notes
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Industrialized- before computers: post-industrial- after computers, society got richer and inequality got worse, technology, division of labor, surplus when there are more goods, land, etc. than necessary, it causes inequality. Origins of family, private property, and states : friend of marx wrote this, said family is everything (the main source of inequality) because it is exclusive, the nation-state came from a rich family. India; whichever type of family you are born into, you are there forever: closed system stratification, the us is very open can move up and down (flexible, now, it is becoming more closed. Intragenerational: downward do well until college, then fall down, upward . Race socially defined group distinguished by selected inherited physical characteristics: human classification: biological vs. sociological, not clear cut different interpretations for convenience, not as important of a concept; usually tied in with ethnicity.
