SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Stratification, Bonobo, Social Relation
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Wolves: hierarchy with alpha male and female on top. Humans: also have hierarchic social relations but different from termites and wolves. Our so(cid:272)ial stru(cid:272)ture is(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)all(cid:455) deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed (cid:894)like (cid:449)ol(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d ter(cid:373)ites(cid:895) Creative intelligence: allows us to organize our social relations in a great variety of ways. These relations have some type of rank and hierarchy. Stratification: term used to refer to the hierarchical organization of social relations. One group has greater power, influence, resources, prestige than another. Inequality: related to stratification, as stratification is a collective form of inequality. That said, there is much variation in stratification both degree and type. Top 1% of canadian earners made 11. 2 % of total canadian income in 2015. Top 1% of americans earners make around 22% of total us income. There was increase in inequality in the states starting the 80s. Starting with reagan and continuing under bill clinton. There was actually a gradual decline after the war.
