SOC 112 Lecture 4: CH9Lecture_Social Stratification

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 112
• Professor: Sal Guzzo

Document Summary

Lecture 4: chapter 9 social class and social stratification. The hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources. Take people and layer them by dividing them based on their socioeconomic. Enhance the life of yours and your children. Most people end up where they originally came from. If measured at different time point, change over time can be determined. It can describe the extent inequality in society. We can compare out society with other societies. It helps us understand if our social programs are working. Inequality results in many social problems, which resulting high demand of social worker. Homicide: the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder. Families with more children are tend to be lower/worker class, however upper class families tend to have less children. Helps unemployed workers to survive while they are not working.