SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Corrado Gini, Rexel, Kuznets Curve
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Social stratification: so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s hie(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:272)hi(cid:272)al (cid:396)a(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g of people i(cid:374)to so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)lasses. Social class: group of individuals sharing a position in a social hierarchy, based on both birth and achievement. Social status: individual position within the class structure. Intergenerational mobility: (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:396)iso(cid:374) of adult (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)lass to that of their parents. Intragenerational mobility: status (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t th(cid:396)oughout o(cid:374)e"s lifeti(cid:373)e: ma(cid:374)(cid:455) so(cid:272)iologist use so(cid:272)ial (cid:373)o(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455) of oppo(cid:396)tu(cid:374)it(cid:455) thus it has little relationship to skills or abilities. Eg: high-status people regardless of their talent or lack of intelligence. Third principle: social stratification is presented in all human societies but how it find it easier to obtain property, prestige, and power expressed varies: eg: in can. Status is based on how much money you have while in other it is based by how much wealth one gives away also how you earn that money is.
