SOCL 2001 : Exam 3 Cheatsheet
Document Summary
Socio-econ class: based on income, edu, and is necessary. Functions of ineq: lower status may work harder to achieve higher status. Dysfun: limits productivity, hostile toward rich, no social change. Pay is all about supply (replaceability) and demand (importance). Ineq in us richer, poor are staying poor. Gini coeff: number indicating ineq in a country. Poverty in us mothers are more likely to be in pov (feminization). Wages are decreasing (based on most equal -> horticulture: small-scale farming. Societies become uneq. when there is can move. Status attainment model: how certain factors affect achieve diff statuses. Physical capital is affected by human, social , and cultural. Chapter 7: inequality more micro, can be macro. Soc differentiation: how people vary according to soc characteristics. Surplus creates ineq. (people w/ surplus have more power). Origins of family, private prop, and states family is source of ineq. As family ties grew, people started to claim goods.
