1.2_ Who Gets What and Why 新中国新历史.pdf

Social Stratification and Social Mobility A New History for a New China, 1700-2000 Who Gets What and Why? ? Who are they? ? What do they get? ? Why? ? Heredity/Fate ? Ability/Fortune Social Stratification and Social Mobility ? Power and Privilege: Who Gets What and Why? – Gerhard Lenski 1966/1984 Social Stratification and Social Mobility ? We begin in Week One with a discussion of some of the most important social boundaries: the markers of elite social status in late Imperial China compared to China today Four SES Dimensions ? Among four dimensions of socioeconomic status (SES), which one do you consider to be the most important – nationally, globally, locally, that is in China, in the World at Large, and in Hong Kong ? a) wealth level (World top 1 %) b) educational attainment (World top 0.2+%) c) occupational prestige (World top 5+%) d) political power Four SES Dimensions: Class Survey China HK World a) Wealth 0 30 13 b) Education 0 2 7 c) Occupation 9 9 10 d) Pol. Power 25 0 4 Total 34 41 34 ? While our students largely ignored education as an essential component of SES, in fact in most societies especially China, education in addition to identifying human talent and providing practical training serves two functions Education and Intergenerational Transmission - Cultural Reproduction: Transmission of Elite Culture - Social Mobility: Transmission of Wealth, Power, and Prestige Education and Intergenerational Transmission