SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Stratification, Social Inequality, Aristocracy
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Inequality is related to everything": who gets what, small but consistent relationship. Health is linked to income higher. Always measured in sociological research: they pay extra to stay in private hotel-like rooms on the top floor, comes with a butler, gourmet food, etc. Social stratification is the way valued resources wealth, power, prestige are distributed: and transmitted from one generation to the next. Prestige: income/wealth, life chances, status groups; deference and respect, lifestyle, capacity to attain one"s goals despite opposition. Inequality in wealth in canada and other western countries has increased since the. Ses: ex. fine dining when you raise your finger, you have to be served within 30 seconds. Originally have random samples of people rate various occupations. Now predict scores by combination of education and income. Now status is less visible: differentiated, segregated status groups, hence conspicuous consumption. The private paradise that costs ,000 (pounds) a night.
