SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cultural Capital, Kingsley Davis, Meritocracy
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Social stratification i: income distribution in canada, human capital theory, functionalist theory of stratification. Human capital: the abilities, skills, knowledge, and experience that an individual or group of individuals possesses. Human capital must be nurtured through training and education. The more investment in human capital, the better the rewards (higher productivity for the society or higher personal income for an individual). *women made 73. 5 cents to a mans dollar. Definition): functionalist theory of stratification, davis, kingsley and wilbert e. moore. Functionalist theory of stratification: two determinants of occupational ranking, differential functional importance - most important jobs should be paid most, differential scarcity of personnel - limited talent pool, supply and demand. Social stratification ii: review of human capital & stratification theory, pierre bourdieu"s theory of capital. Social capital: group based resources, social connections, and social networks. Dominant groups use symbols to exercise symbolic violence on minority groups through cultural and symbolic systems (e. g. race or gender).
