HUMNNTR 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Stratification, Social Mobility, International Inequality
22 Aug 2016
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Ranking into layers that determines life chances for a person born into a particular society. Type or social system determines the amount of social mobility. Social differentiation is not the same as social stratification: differentiation = recognizing differences, many statuses that are necessary. Social mobility refers to moving from one stratum to another. Mobility can be intergenerational or intra-generational: intergenerational mobility movement up or down from your parents, intra-generational mobility change within one"s life. Ex) start out poor, end up rich. Compared to the past there is more opportunity for upward mobility because labor is more diversified. Status groups exist groups that are defined by how much honor and prestige they have. Equality of result means actual equality in levels of material well-being and prestige including life chances. Equality of opportunity means everyone has equal opportunity to achieve material well-being and prestige.
