Social inequality is a fundamental aspect of virtually all social processes, and a person's position in the stratification system is the most consistent predictor of his or her behavior, attitudes, and life chances.

Structure of Social Inequality

Social Stratification and Social Class

Social stratification lies at the core of society and of the discipline of sociology. Social stratification links almost all aspects of society together, and therefore understanding social stratification helps understand a range of changes in society. The position of a person in the stratification orders of sex, race, and social class determine the nature of their work, the language they speak, their values, physical and mental health, sexual activities, childrearing practices, happiness and self-esteem. Class is extensively used in discussing social structure, sociologists also rely on the concept of status, which offers a more complex portrait in which individuals within a class can be seen as having quite differentiated social situations.
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Will globalization change social inequality? Why do some people have more of the good things than others? Why are the poor people poor? When and how inequality in society began? How does one recognize social class? What are your chances of a change in the class order? Does the international economic order affect inequality?

9 Characteristics of the New Inequality in Europe - discusses the impact of the service economy on class distinctions. "Before the French Revolution, about 1 in 20 of the French labour force worked for the Court - making wigs, building palaces, gilding statues, or as servants. Is the post-industrial economy a court economy, in which the work of many, exists for the status of a privileged few? The trend is certainly in that direction." - web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/new.ineq.html