SOCL 2001 : Exam 3 Outline
Document Summary
Lenski"s historical view: h/g, horticul, agrarian, industrialized, and post-industrial. Social class and socio-economic status (income, education, occupation) Consistency across time and society, blue/white collar jobs. Theories of stratification (is it good or bad?) Neo-marxism: on top of property, authority and skill were added. Distribution of wealth: top 1% own 34. 6% of private wealth, followed by next 19% with 50. 5%. Top 1% more wealth than bottom 95% combined. Increasing inequality in us: ceos making more (something like 380x) Poverty in us: poverty line (3x basic foods, which is political) *poverty rate in the us (15%) and la (20%), historical pattern & rates among children/elderly. Social mobility: closed/open systems of strat: caste, apartheid, slavery vs class. Status attainment model: physical, human, social, cultural cap. Ethnicity: based on origin or shared cultural identity. Minority group (vs. dominant group): norms and power (size?) *us in 2050 or s. african rep. before 1980, small # "minority"
