SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Social Stratification, Bombardier Talent 2, International Inequality
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Chapter 6 social stratification: canadian and global perspective. Social stratification: the way society is organized in layers/strata: also look at, movement of individuals up/down stratification system, perception of stratification systems. Patterns of social inequality: wealth: what you own (assets - liabilities) eg. car (minus loan); house (minus mortgage, provides, cushion during difficult times, political influence, improved health. Immigrants have lower poverty rates vs. people born in canada: most poor people are trapped in poverty, 92% with low income escape in less than 2 years. Explaining poverty: individual-level explanation: focus on attributes of poor people as cause, someone is poor because of personal attributes , social-psychological explanation: emphasizes low self-esteem + lack of achievement motivation + inability to delay gratification. Note: this would lead to class consciousness forming unions: conversion from capitalist communist (sharing wealth) Critical evaluation of marx"s conflict: industrial societies did not polarize to 2 groups.
