SOCY 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Mobility, Talcott Parsons, Pierre Bourdieu
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Social strati cation: any system based on rank and reward, class, global, sex/gender, race/ethnic, age, ideology- religious, political, scienti c, davis moore thesis- If it exists in every society it must be serving a function. Identify occupations that serve the public welfare: hegemony- create social systems and ideologies that help you stay in power. Plato- fate is inherent in you, skills and abilities dictate your fate. The nanny state- it knows what"s best for you. Y axis- hunting and gathering (hort. , arg. , indus. , post-indust. ) Modernization theories *rosttus theory of modernization **functional perspective: traditional stage 2. take off 3. technology 4. mass consumption vs dependency theories *wallerstein"s world system theory ** conflict, core-consumption 2. Engendering process- womb, home, school, mass media, consumption. Marxist- choices and opportunities- should focus on one thing rst, workforce participation. Womanism: different than feminism, getting men and women equality on par. Race: biological characteristics that are the result of being somewhat geographically isolated.
