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Stratification. Stratification Systems. Types Slave: owners/slaves Estate: nobility/church/ commoners Caste: birth & occupation Class: economics/ sociocultural traits. Comparative components 1) Relative importance of ascribed v. a chieved statuses
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Stratification Systems Types Slave: owners/slaves Estate: nobility/church/ commoners Caste: birth & occupation Class: economics/ sociocultural traits Comparative components 1) Relative importance of ascribed v. achieved statuses 2) Degree of mobility or openness
What is the Basis of social stratification? Marx Relationship to the means of production “Haves” v. “Have nots” Bourgeoisie/ capitalists v. proletariat /workers
What is the Basis of social stratification? Ralf Dahrendorf May 1, 1929 – June 17, 2009) "command class" V. "obey class" those with authority v. those without
What is the Basis of social stratification? Weber Life Chances Class, Status, Party Class = market situation Status=social esteem Party=ability to mobilize group for goal
SES = Socioeconomic Statusincome/education/occupational prestige http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Social%20Class
Class interactivehttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html ES http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Social%20Class
Income: Geography of Recession http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwWGzQ_FUtQ
Gilbert-Kahl Model of the Class Structure http://uncgsoc101.wordpress.com/module-6-social-stratification/
Political Behavior http://www.votecitizens.org/profiles/blogs/middle-classtake-over-the
Intersecting spheres http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/class_domination.html
Wealth http://uncgsoc101.wordpress.com/module-6-social-stratification/
Occupy Wall Streethttp://www.jenx67.com/p/pre-occupied-with-wall-street.html
That 9% rate, by the way, equates to 14 million Americans—people who want to work but can't find a job.http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10That 9% rate, by the way, equates to 14 million Americans—people who want to work but can't find a job.http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1#ixzz1d3wjWqhU
CEO pay is now 350X the average worker's, up from 50X from 1960-1985.
Savage Inequalities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mdlYaCjf2I&feature=fvw Photos of East St. Louis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2q3vqTiFHg&NR=1 Jonathan Kozol September 5, 1936-