SOCI201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Conspicuous Consumption, Ascribed Status, Upper Class

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Ch 8: stratification and social mobility in the united states. Social inequality: a condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power. Stratification: a structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society. Hereditary ranks that are usually religiously dictated and that tend to be fixed and immobile. Required peasants to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services. Social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility. Upper class, upper-middle class, lower-middle class, working class, lower class. Main focus was on the effects of economic inequality on all aspects of 19th century europe. Insisted that no single characteristic totally defines a person"s position within the stratification system. Three distinct components of stratification: class, status, and power. Importance of social class in shaping a person"s lifestyle.