SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Class, Melvin Tumin, Symbolic Interactionism
17 Sep 2020
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A condition in which members of a society enjoy different amounts of wealth, privilege, and power. A condition in which members of a society are ranked in terms of wealth, privilege, or. Wealth money & economic assets (all of your assets) Power ability of a person to get their way. Prestige respect, recognition, or regard given to position/status (respect regard. Income: just salary/wages to anyone in a job. Esteem: respect or regard for an individual (respect & regard you give someone you personally know in a particular job/career) Four basic systems of stratification: slavery human trafficking still today (ascribed status, castes previous system in india (ascribed status, estates nobility, clergy, commoners (ascribes status, social class our ranking system in u. s. (achieved status) -- ascribed = give to you --- --- achieved = you attain by your own work / merit --- Stratification is functional it benefits society. But melvin tumin & other conflict theorists.
