The Study Of Inequality

In the study of inequality, we can view the role of politics and values on different levels. The role of politics is viewed different based on the society that is being looked at and the values are based on what they people want and what isn’t being meet at the frequency that is expected. Inequality is faced on a daily basis, from gender to race.
Politics plays a major role in inequality. It shows that people who have money have more influence. Essentially, it can be seen that many societies are run by money and those who own that money. The class division is a major form of inequality. The poverty side of this is always trying to achieve the level of wealth to make a difference, but are looked down upon because they don’t have the money to
Those of the world who are well off are a bit more likely to be selfish and those who are low income may be more selfless. There are some who are not like this, and they are the exception, not the rule, if there is a rule to go by. Although we cannot take values into full account through crimes that occur because these are committed on both sides of inequality, there are different crimes that occur in different classes. Wealthy people usually aren’t going to commit a crime in order to feed their family, while a low income person might. The values that are placed on people are completely different because of the inequality. Low income people are going to feel that their right and wrong are perfect and that wealthy people are terrible and always going crooked things; and vice
stratification system can affect their life is; jobs that they can obtain, lifestyles that someone can live, laws that someone will have to follow and more. If someone is in the high end of the stratification system, they are treated very well by society; rather, looked up to. They are the goals that someone lower down would like to acquire. It isn’t always a great benefit though. We can see that people in the high end are given more leniency in life and that they do not struggle in many aspects. Going back to the previous boys mentioned, Ethan Couch was on the higher end and received a very lightened sentence because of the social status that he, and his family, had. While Samuel Ellis, someone from a lower end of the system, was convicted and sentenced four years for the deaths of two others. This shows that money and education can get you out of trouble, which is a standard that is wrongly