Social Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #21
How do different societies establish a social hierarchy? Today we're starting our unit on social stratification, starting with four basic principles of a sociological understanding of stratificat...
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Imagine two people. Two extremely wealthy people. One of them inherited their money, acquiring it through the luck that comes with being born to owners of immense amounts of property and wealth. And the other person worked for what they have. They started at the bottom, and through years of hard work and clever dealing, they built a business empire. Now: which one would you say deserves their wealth? Sociologically, the interesting thing here isn't your answer, not really. It's the fact that different societies in different times and places have different answers to this question. Because the question of what it means to deserve wealth, or success, or power, is a matter of social stratification. [Theme Music] Social stratification is what we’...
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Imagine two people. Two extremely wealthy people. One of them inherited their money, acquiring it through the luck that comes with being born to owners of immense amounts of property and wealth. And the other person worked for what they have. They started at the bottom, and through years of hard work and clever dealing, they built a business empire. Now: which one would you say deserves their wealth? Sociologically, the interesting thing here isn't your answer, not really. It's the fact that different societies in different times and places have different answers to this question. Because the question of what it means to deserve wealth, or success, or power, is a matter of social stratification. [Theme Music] Social stratification is what we’...
