SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vanderbilt Family, Social Stratification, Social Mobility

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: Bellin

Document Summary

Inequality in wealth and access to resources is generated by three processes: Unequal division of labor and/or low mobility across occupations. Social mobility refers to movement between different position within a system of social. You are most likely to inherit your parents" social class. Downward mobility working at starbucks when you have a masters degree in architecture. Feudal europe, american south prior to the civil war. Basically none for racial/ethnic minorities, women, and the disabled (no. Caste system chance at changing your life standing/moving up in classes) Some commoners could buy or earn a title, but this was very rare. Primarily found in south asia and parts of india (called varna) The lower levels of the shundra (called pariah) are untouchables and are so low that people avoid all contact with them. There is zero individual mobility, although particular castes can leapfrog over others based on wars/changes in religious beliefs (example: war) Other types of cultural capital (fame or prestige)