SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Canada 2011 Census, Afrikaners, Proletariat

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Sociology social class & stratification in canada. Hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources. Max weber"s life changes: extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources (food, clothing, shelter, education, healthcare) Systems of stratification (ss) can be open or closed. Social mobility: movement of individuals from one level to another. Intergenerational (between two or more) and intragenerational mobility (within one group) Peoples status is determined at birth based on their parents ascribed characteristics. Apartheid of south africa: based on race and belief of some afrikaaners in india, caste is based in part an occupation that they were morally superior to the black majority. Cultural beliefs and values sustain caste system: class system type of stratification based on ownership of resources and on the type of work people do. Status comes at least partly from achievement than entirely by ascription. Vertical mobility (up and down the class structure)