SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 7
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10/10/12: stratification, the group of people, more macro level, universal. Social stratification: there is no society in which everyone is completely equal. Inequality is bad: need to get rid of society, karl marx. Ideology: belief in our society, people are poor because they don"t work hard, you need luck, brain, family background, neo-marxism, page 203. 3 dimensions: property: assets or not, authority: people working for you or not, skill. 10/17: distribution of wealth, top 1% own 34. 6% of private wealth, top 20% owns 85, bottom 80% owns only 15% of total private wealth, top 1% has more wealth than bottom 95% Increasing inequality in us: on the average ceos in america are paid 12million dollars. In louisiana 20% of people live below poverty: poverty line. 3x basic food basket: calculate how much groceries cost per month then multiply by 3, how the poverty line is established, about 16% poverty rate in us, about 20% poverty rate in la.
