SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Artificiality, Meritocracy, Unintended Consequences
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Soc102h1 - lecture 4 : theories of inequality iii. How would you rank the following occupations (1 = highest prestige and 10 = lowest prestige) Ex. income, influence, contribution to society, public recognition, efficiency, experience, reputation. Quantify your achievements put in money worth. Difficult to put a value on a job and compare it to other jobs. Doctor, military officer, firefighter, scientist, nurse, engineer, police officer, To create a measure that is reasonably reliable, then using different sets of criterias is a problem. Availability of others who can fill the job/occupation. This is something that structural functionalist try to define, with great difficulty. In fact, structural functionalists tend to see occupational prestige/rankings as evaluated on the basis of two central components: Value/importance to others (value and needs vary from one person to another) Availability of others who can fill the job/occupation (marx reserve army labour)
