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The Sociology of Social Inequality
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Social inequality is characterized by the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. structured and recurrent patterns of unequal distributions of goods, wealth, opportunities, rewards, and punishments unequal distribution of
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  • Social inequality is characterized by the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society.
  • structured and recurrent patterns of unequal distributions of goods, wealth, opportunities, rewards, and punishments
  • unequal distribution of income, wealth, and material goods.
  • inequality of conditions with the homeless and those living in housing projects sitting at the bottom of the hierarchy while those living in multi-million dollar mansions sit at the top
  • Inequality of conditions

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