Lecture 8: social capital and status attainment Flashcards

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Status attainment

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a process by which individuals mobilize and invest resources for returns in socio-economic standing (values resources attached to occupied positions)

  • personal resources: what an individu uses without much concern for compensation
  • social resources: assessable through one’s direct and indirect ties
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2 types of status (blau & duncan)

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  1. Ascribed status: a type of status that is assigned, for
    example by tradition, inheritance, customs (for example parents education and occupational status, nobility)
  2. Achieved status: a status that is earned by the person itself, a personal achievement through one’s own capabilities
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results article status attainment model (blau & duncan)

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if fathers education and job is high, the kids education and job will also be higher
- education dad has least effect: own education the most important factor for attained status

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bourdieu’s reproduction theory

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Social reproduction: involves the transmission of inequality (and its associated advantages and disadvantages in capital) across generations

  • Different types of capital: cultural capital, financial capital, human capital, social capital
  • not only class, but also resources coming from social networks
  • Emphasizes that ruling and intellectual classes do maintain unequal power structures
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piketty’s idea

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people that have capital/wealth will benefit, more and thus the gap between haves and have nots widens

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gini coefficient

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  • ranging from 0 (= perfect equility) to 1 (=perfect inequality) so the lower the better
  • measures income or wealth inequality among a population
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3 properties in the theory of social capital

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  1. Social resources: social resources exert effect on the outcome of an instrumental action (e.g. attained status)
  2. Strength of position: social resources are affected by the original position of ego (e.g. parents or previous resources of ego)
  3. Strength of ties: social resources are also affected by the use of weaker rather than strong ties
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procceses of the relationships between social capital and status attainment

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  1. acces (how to devoy social capital which affects status attainment)
  2. use of social contacts and resources (mobilization)
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difference bodning and bridging

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Bonding social capital is within a group or community
- strong ties
- people who are alike
- thick trust
Bridging social capital is between social groups; social class, race, religion or other important sociodemographic or socioeconomic characteristics
- weaker ties
- people who are different
- thin trust
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results article on finding jobs (granovetter)

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  • many employees find jobs through weaker contacts (diffusion across network, only seeing these people occasionally or rarely, so weak ties)
  • doesn’t necessary find higher wages
  • weak ties aren’t better than strong ties
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