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STRATIFICATION AND CLASS

STRATIFICATION AND CLASS. CHAPTER 10. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION. A division of society where some people get more rewards than others Examples : wealth, power, prestige, etc. all distributed unequally. POWER & PRESTIGE.

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STRATIFICATION AND CLASS

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  1. STRATIFICATION AND CLASS CHAPTER 10

  2. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION • A division of society where some people get more rewards than others • Examples: wealth, power, prestige, etc. all distributed unequally

  3. POWER & PRESTIGE • Power = control behavior of others, even against their will; associated with wealth • Prestige = what people think of you; in the eye of the beholder • Subjective & mostly depends on your occupation • Different levels of prestige are called status system

  4. STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS • Stratification exists everywhere & differs in societies • Examples: egalitarian, master-slave, feudal system, caste system, & class system • Caste system = rigid stratification system where people’s roles are ascribed & fixed • Class system = less rigid system where positions are achieved & can change

  5. SOCIAL CLASSES • 1. reputational method: picking a group of people & asking them to rank others (small population) • 2. subjective method: same thing, but helps to find out class structure of a large population • 3. objective method: identifies class using income, occupation, & education to rank people People with same amount of income, power, & prestige There are 3 different methods to identifying a person’s class

  6. U.S CLASS SYSTEM • 1. UPPER CLASS= makes up 25% of nation’s wealth; upper-upper (old $) & lower-upper (new $) • 2. MIDDLE CLASS= white-collar, non-manual labor; upper-middle (professional/ business ppl) and lower-middle (small business, sales, teachers, etc.) • 3.WORKING CLASS = less education, manual jobs • 4. LOWER CLASS = joblessness & poverty 3-5% upper class (good life chances) 40-50% middle class 30-40% working class 15-20% poor/lower class

  7. POOR POPULATION • Absolute poverty = lack of minimum food & necessities • Poverty affects more women than men • For more than 60 years, the % of population living in poverty is usually twice as high as reported • B/c ppl live in relative poverty = having less than what the majority has

  8. BUT WE’RE MOBILE! • Social mobility • Vertical mobility: moving up or down the status ladder (teacher to principal) • Horizontal mobility: movement from one job to another within same status (teacher moving schools) • Intragenerational/Career mobility: move from low position to high one (manager becomes VP) • Intergenerational mobility: change in social standing from one generation to another (worker’s daughter becomes VP)

  9. STILL MOBILE!!! • Sometime large changes lead to moving up/down the ladder at the same time: structural mobility • BUT some people move & some don’t…depends on individual mobility (personal achievement & characteristics) • Amount of education is related to family background!

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