1. Structured Status Inequality
SOCIETY
CULTURE
Social relations are to culture what institutional structure is to society
Civilization == 10,000 years old
Mostly in the Nile Region
Succession of Dominant and Subdominant Societies
{Cultural Change Theory == Discovery, Invention, Diffusion}
Kushites (HOE)
We are mix of English and American
US Military Might VS Historical and Cultural Progress
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
SOCIAL INTERACTION

2. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON SOCIETY AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY
SOCIETY IS A “HIERARCHY” OF GROUPS.
INDIVIDUALS ARE POSITIONED AT VARIOUS LEVELS IN THE HIERARCHY – THAT IS, “SOCIAL STRATIFIED” – DEPENDING ON THERE MEMBERSIP IN GROUPS.
BECAUSE SOCIETY IS HIERARCHICAL IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY DIFFERENTIAL POWER AND STATUS.
BECAUSE GROUPS HAVE DIFFERENTIAL POWER AND STATUS THEY ARE SOCIALLY UNEQUAL (THAT IS, THEY STAND IN INEQUITABLE RELATIONS TO SOCIETY’S RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES).
BECAUSE SOCIETAL GROUP RELATIONS ARE UNEQUAL – THAT IS, CHARACTERIZED BY “STRUCTURED SOCIAL INEQUALITY” – SOCIOLOGISTS EXAMINE SOCIETY AS A STUDY IN STRUCTURED PATTERNS OF DOMINANT AND SUBDOMINANT INTERACTION.