SOCL 2001 Chapter : Ch 7 9
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What about gender: white collar jobs: people who wear a white collared shirt, blue collar jobs: people who wear a uniform, theories of stratification (is it good or bad?) Inequality is universal: every society has inequality, functionalism: reward for tough jobs. Demand (importance) and supply (replaceability, easy to replace: there must be a reason for something to exist; inequality must have a reason to exist in every society. In order for someone to do a tough job, we need to pay them well. Increasing inequality in us: ceos making more: quintile earnings: rich getting richer, poor poorer , comparison to other countries, gini coefficient (pg. 204: poverty in us: poverty line (3x basic foods) pg. Caste system in india, born into a particular occupation. Causal (direct/indirect effects) and: probabilistic: good attainments are more likely but not always to be a part of anther attainment, all social sciences are based off probability. 10/15/2013 8:36:00 pm: race: biological vs. sociological, for convenience.
