SOC-2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Meritocracy, Hypergamy, Creative Class
29 Jan 2018
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It"s (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272) of a so(cid:272)iet(cid:455), (cid:396)athe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) a (cid:396)efle(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es: ex. Japan men rank higher than women, but particular woman such as an actress can attain a higher status than me: social stratification persists over generations, ex. Great britain children inherit physical characteristics such as race, but also other indicators of class standing such as regional accent: all societies stratify their members, but different society use different criteria for ranking them, ex. In industrialized nations, the criteria is wealth (social class), while in hunter- gatherer societies, the criteria is gender: social stratification is maintained through beliefs that are widely shared by members of society, e(cid:454). There are 5 categories: brahman (scholars and priests, ksatriya or chhetri (rulers and warriors, vaisya (merchants and traders, sudra (farmers, artisans, and laborers, untouchables (social outcasts). Jobs include minimum wage jobs, housekeeping, day labor, etc. India: open system: a social system with ample opportunities to move from one class to another.
