CGS SS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter ss 101 Social Stratification 1: False Consciousness, Social Stratification, Social Inequality
11 Apr 2017
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* " hierarchy organized structures of social inequality that exist in any society"" * "the way a given society is organized according to differing access to social rewards. "" * life chances: a persons potential to benefit form the opportunities or suffer the disadvantages that his or her society offers/ * people who share the same position in the system of social stratification can expect similar life chances. * ascribed characteristics are : characteristics you have at birth: * "closed"" system with status based on social location at birth( ascribed factors) * relations between castes are proscribed - no sex or marriage outside of ones caste- and there is no possibility for mobility. * castes were originally characterized by occupational roles- the caste system supported the economy. * examples: traditional hound caste system in india, south africa under apartheid. * "open"" system with status based on level of education, occupation, and income( achieved factors)
