Sociology › Section I · Social stratification › Topic I.3
Global stratification and inequality
A low-paid worker in Ohio and a low-paid worker in Bangladesh may both be near the bottom of their own societies, yet their lives are worlds apart. Global stratification asks how countries, and the people in them, are ranked across the whole planet.
In this topic
- Stratification across borders
- How the gap opened
- Measuring national income
- Exchange rates and purchasing power
- Worked example: market rates and PPP
- Early models of global ranking
- Inequality among the world's people
- The elephant curve
- Worked example: between and within
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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