SOCI 1010 Chapter 8: Chapter 8- Social Class and Stratification in Canada
11 Apr 2016
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Chapter 8: social class and stratification in canada. Social stratification: the hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources. Life chances: max weber"s term for the extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources, such as food, clothing, shelter, education, and healthcare. *open systems are systems with boundaries between levels in the hierarchies which are more flexible and may be influenced (positively or negatively) by people"s achieved statuses. Open systems are assumed to have some degree of social mobility. Social mobility: the movement of individuals or groups from one level in a stratification system to another. This movement can be either upward or downward. Intergenerational mobility: the social movement (upward or downward) experienced by family members from one generation to the next. Intragenerational mobility: the social movement (upward or downward) experienced by individuals within their own lifetime.
