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• Values and attitudes

  • Empathize with the marginalized and discriminated groups in society
  • Advocate equal rights and opportunities among the different groups in society
  • Promote accountability in the community
• Social status


  Position held by an individual in society
• Social desirables


  • Wealth
  • Prestige
  • Power
• Wealth

  Material assets, money and all the things it can buy, can be intangible like stocks and investments, easiest to measure
• Prestige


  Respect and admiration given by society, different social statuses have different level of prestige
• Social status


  • White-collar job
  • Blue-collar job
• Power

  Ability to command others despite resistance, has three bases for legitimacy: traditional, charisma, rational-legal
• Legitimacy (acceptable exercise of power)


  • Traditional
  • Charisma
  • Rational-legal
• Social desirables


  • They raise an individual's social status
• Wealth is equivalent to having more privileges
• Social stratification


  How the members of the society are divided into hierarchies, implies that one class is above or below other social strata
• Social mobility


  The movement of a person or group from one social status to another, can be classified as horizontal or vertical, intragenerational or intergenerational
• Systems of social mobility

  • Open mobility system
  • Closed mobility system
• A rags to riches tale that inspired many
• Social inequality


  Difference in distribution of social desirables, unequal opportunities based on social status
• Minority groups


  • Gender minorities
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Other minorities (e.g. persons with disabilities, religious minorities)
• Gender inequality


  • Lesser salary for women, indifference and discrimination experienced by the LGBTQIA+ community
• Ethnic minorities


  • They are often discriminated and stereotyped because of their traditional lifestyle
• Persons with disabilities and religious minorities may experience discrimination
• In what ways can we deal with social inequality?
• Advocacy making
• Global inequality


  Unequal distribution of resources among different nations affecting the living conditions of their citizens, developed countries having more resources
• Actors in the global community

  • State
  • Non-state actors
• What do you think causes global inequalities?
• Global stratification


  Varying levels of social gaps amongst countries, the gap between rich and poor are wider in developing countries
• Implications of global inequalities
• How can we address these global inequalities?