SOCL 2001 : Exam 3 Notes
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Inequality more micro, but can be macro: inequality is the most important part of sociology. There is no society in which everyone is equal: stratification and inequality are universal. Lenski"s historical view: hunting/gathering much more equal society. Things are shared equally and the work is evenly distributed: horticulture more unequal. Starting small-scale farming: agrarian big change (largest gap) from horticulture. Iron (technology) made agriculture much more efficient: industrialized - industrial revolution, society with steam engine, post-industrialized where we are today. Origins of family, private property, and states family is the source of all inequality. As family ties started to grow (as you go down the list), people started to claim stuff as theirs. this lead to nation states. Weber three sources of power: class, status, party: often political. Social mobility: moving up and down in social class: poor rich upward, rich poor downward, closed system of stratification: can"t move up or down, ex.
