Social Stratification Any stratification system is characterized by a number of rungs or levels of the society. In America for example‚ they have the upper class‚ middle class lower class etc. Stratification is essentially a ranking system it is the hierarchical order of different social class within a society. “Social Stratification can be described as socially-patterned inequality of access to things that a culture defines as desirable.” The definition defines how social classes are different
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Stratification is when individuals within a society are categorized into different groups based on certain factors. These factors could include wealth‚ social class‚ gender‚ politics and religion. The individuals in society who are lucky to have good income and resources represent the top of the social stratification whereas the individuals who have few resources represent the bottom of the social stratification. From the functionalist perspective of social stratification‚ social inequality is
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that this kind of thinking‚ a product of "social stratification theory‚" is ingrained upon our minds. As a society‚ we accept it as a fact that we live in a multi-tiered "class" system‚ and that this is the way it should be because it is central to our nature as human beings. As a society we should ask ourselves why we think this way‚ and whether there is another possible way of explaining our current situation. In contrast to this social stratification theory‚ we can examine the class theory of
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Social Inequality and Stratification Question: What are the three main forms of inequality in diverse societies? Social Inequality happens when an individual or a group within a society has unequal rights to social commodities such as power‚ wealth‚ education and opportunity. The book defines Inequality as "the degree to which culturally valued material and social rewards are given disproportionately to individuals‚ families and other kinds of groups". Each culture has a different expression
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Defining Social Stratification Social stratification refers to the division of individuals in different groups‚ categories‚ strata or layers based on social differences like income‚ power‚ wealth‚ and status and biological differences like gender and ethnicity. This follows that class inequalities‚ gender inequalities and ethnic inequalities reflect the various forms of divisions or stratifications that exist in society. There has never been an equal society. People have always known some form of
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same caliber as would the other different social status groups would do. I believe stratification of students is caused more by the income and lifestyle characteristics of the group of people. The student’s home life‚ parental guidance‚ relationship of authority figures‚ and size of the family all have effect on the student’s effort to success at learning. There is a relationship between the means of a student’s achievements and their social stratification. The better resources and support‚ the
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Whether society likes it or not‚ inequality occurs in America. It is a matter that has been discussed in the past and present‚ yet not many measures have been taken to help take care of the problem. I closely read an article by a senior organizer and research associate at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington which touches upon the topic of a black and white split in our country. “Sociologists have long documented the fact that the class system is more rigid for African Americans than
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I was very excited‚ I was going to get a new guinea pig. My old one had died of old age‚ and the new one I was getting was just a few months old. I had bought him a few days ago at the York Fair‚ but had to wait until the fair was over. My dad drove me to the fair‚ and we went in to get him. We soon found the building where the guinea pigs and rabbits were being kept. The guinea pig I chose was a multicolored one. He was mostly black‚ but had brown on his head‚ mostly on the left side of his
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New Guinea highlanders can go to war with each other to avenge ghosts or to exct revenge for the killing of one of their one. As we have to seen from other reports‚ or lessens we have discussed‚ people don’t seen to comprehend the complex interrelationship among the various parts of their own social system. The leaders of Papua New Guinea see intertribal fighting as a major social problem with severe economic consequences. Although fighting is not new to them‚ warfare seems to re-emerge in 1970s
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look at a culture‚ there are some general characteristics that are similar to your own culture. These kin ties make their lineage stronger; show how they bond with each other and one’s specific roles in their family lineage. In The Trobrianders of Papua New Guniea by Annette B. Weiner‚ she describes that their society is structured as a matrilineage. There are many exchanges that occur in this society between “owners” and “workers” of this lineage. As well as‚ everyone plays their own part when one
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